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    "title": "The superiority of graphics over text in long-term memory retention",
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    "abstract": "Graphical representations of data are pervasive in modern communication and are often used to convey socio-economic, scientific and medical information. Despite their popularity, it is still unknown whether they can enhance the long-term retention of their content. We conducted an incidental delayed recall task with psychology undergraduates (N=92), in which participants read about the evolution of a socio-economic phenomenon, with few datapoints presented either as a graphics, a text, or a table. We found that graphics facilitated the remembering of the general trends of the data after a two-hour interval. No advantage was found on immediate recall of numerical values in another sample of participants (N=80). Thus, even for equal initial encoding of numerical information, and even for very concise materials, graphics facilitate long-term retention. Overall, the study reveals the potential of graphics as effective tools for enhancing memory retention and therefore highlights their valuable role in educational settings.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Education; Psychology; Instruction and teaching; Learning; Memory"
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    "section": "Member Abstracts with Poster Presentation",
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        {
            "first_name": "Lorenzo",
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            "last_name": "Ciccione",
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            "institution": "Coll�ge de France - PSL University",
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        {
            "first_name": "Syalie",
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            "last_name": "Liu",
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            "institution": "Coll�ge de France",
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            "first_name": "Stanislas",
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            "last_name": "Dehaene",
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            "institution": "NeuroSpin Center, CEA DRF/I2BM, INSERM, UnicersitŽ Paris-Sud, UniversitŽ Paris-Saclay",
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2025-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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