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 The coherence principle (also called //seductive details//​(([[http://​www.informaworld.com/​smpp/​content~db=all~content=a783761824~frm=titlelink|Garner,​ Ruth, Mark G. Gillingham, and C . Stephen White. Effects of ‘Seductive Details’ on Macroprocessing and Microprocessing in Adults and Children. Cognition and Instruction 6, no. 1: 41. 1989.]])) effect) claims that extraneous material that may be interesting or motivating but is irrelevant for learning objectives generally wastes learning resources and **hinders learning of important material**. This assumption is grounded in the fact that human cognitive resources are limited. Still, [[learning_theories:​cognitive load theory]] predicts this effect will only occur if the cognitive load imposed by important learning material is high enough.(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))  ​ The coherence principle (also called //seductive details//​(([[http://​www.informaworld.com/​smpp/​content~db=all~content=a783761824~frm=titlelink|Garner,​ Ruth, Mark G. Gillingham, and C . Stephen White. Effects of ‘Seductive Details’ on Macroprocessing and Microprocessing in Adults and Children. Cognition and Instruction 6, no. 1: 41. 1989.]])) effect) claims that extraneous material that may be interesting or motivating but is irrelevant for learning objectives generally wastes learning resources and **hinders learning of important material**. This assumption is grounded in the fact that human cognitive resources are limited. Still, [[learning_theories:​cognitive load theory]] predicts this effect will only occur if the cognitive load imposed by important learning material is high enough.(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))  ​
  
 +Seductive details can be(([[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]])):
  
 +  * relevant or irrelevant with respect to the learning goals, and
 +  * redundant or non-redundant.
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 A number of studies on the effect of seductive details have demonstrated:​ A number of studies on the effect of seductive details have demonstrated:​
  
-  * **negative effects** on learning of important material((For details see: [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))+  * **negative effects** on learning of important material((For details see: [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))(([[http://​www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/​pubmed/​19102616|Mayer,​ Richard E, Emily Griffith, Ilana T N Jurkowitz, and Daniel Rothman. “Increased Interestingness of Extraneous Details in a Multimedia Science Presentation Leads to Decreased Learning.” Journal of Experimental Psychology. Applied 14, no. 4: 328–339. December 2008.]]))
   * **lack of negative effects** on learning of important material.((For details see: [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))   * **lack of negative effects** on learning of important material.((For details see: [[http://​www.sciencedirect.com/​science/​article/​pii/​S0747563210001263|Park,​ Babette, Roxana Moreno, Tina Seufert, and Roland Brünken. Does cognitive load moderate the seductive details effect? A multimedia study. Computers in Human Behavior 27, no. 1: 5-10. January 2011.]]))
  
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