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  2. Picture superiority effect - Wikipedia

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    Allan Paivio's dual-coding theory is a basis of picture superiority effect. Paivio claims that pictures have advantages over words with regards to coding and retrieval of stored memory because pictures are coded more easily and can be retrieved from symbolic mode, while the dual coding process using words is more difficult for both coding and retrieval.

  3. Dual-coding theory - Wikipedia

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    Supporting evidence shows that memory for some verbal information is enhanced if a relevant visual is also presented or if the learner can imagine a visual image to go with the verbal information. Likewise, visual information can often be enhanced when paired with relevant verbal information, whether real-world or imagined. [ 6 ]

  4. Silent comics - Wikipedia

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    Song Without Words by Lynd Ward. [123] Splinters by William Steinigans (started out as pantomime comic, but after some episodes it began using dialogue). [138] Spy vs. Spy by Antonio Prohías. [139] Sticks and Stones by Peter Kuper. [140] Sticky by Dale Lazarov and Steve MacIsaac. The Strange World of Mr. Mum by Irving Phillips. [141] The ...

  5. Visual communication - Wikipedia

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    Visual communication is the use of visual elements to convey ideas and information which include (but are not limited to) signs, typography, drawing, graphic design, illustration, industrial design, advertising, animation, and electronic resources. [1] This style of communication relies on the way one's brain perceives the outside images.

  6. Visual literacy - Wikipedia

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    Charles Joseph Minard's Carte Figurative illustrates facts related to Napoleon's 1812 Russian campaign.. Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image, extending the meaning of literacy, which commonly signifies interpretation of a written or printed text.

  7. Visual rhetoric - Wikipedia

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    Icons, or iconic signs, are recognized based on resemblance to known elements or items (e.g., one's ID photo on a company badge). Indexes, or indexical signs, are recognized based on understanding of a visual trace, imprint, or element that signals prior activity, or process, the agent of which is no longer visible (e.g., tire tracks in the sand).

  8. Visual thinking - Wikipedia

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    Visual thinking has been described as seeing words as a series of pictures. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is common in approximately 60–65% of the general population. [ 1 ] " Real picture thinkers", those who use visual thinking almost to the exclusion of other kinds of thinking, make up a smaller percentage of the population.

  9. Human communication - Wikipedia

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    Visual communication: The type of communication where it involves using your eyes that allow you to read signs, charts, graphs, and pictures that have words or phrases and or pictures showing and describing what needs to be portrayed to get information across. Using visual communication allows for people to live daily lives without constantly ...