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Dual-coding hypothesis
Dual-coding hypothesis refers to Paivio’s assertion that long-term memory can code information in two (2) distinct ways, verbally and visually, and that items coded both ways, for example, pictures or concrete words are more easily recalled than items such as abstract words which are coded in only one way
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