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-Dual coding theory suggests that combining verbal and graphical material in learning (or just encouraging students to generate appropriate mental images) should increase the probability that words will activate corresponding images and vice-versa. This also means that learning material will be easier to relate if it is less abstract.
+Dual coding theory suggests that combining verbal and graphical material in learning (or just encouraging students to generate appropriate mental images) should increase the probability that words will activate corresponding images and vice-versa.
+This also means that learning material will be easier to relate if it is less abstract.
+  * "//... concrete nouns are superior to abstract nouns in their capacity to elicit sensory images, and that imagery can mediate the formation of an associative connection between members of a pair.//"((Paivio, Allan. Abstractness, imagery, and meaningfulness in paired-associate learning. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 4, no. 1: 32-38. February 1965.))
 Pavio also addresses individual differences in tendency and capacity to use imagery:

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