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The effects of congruent and incongruent labelling on two simple cognitive tasks, sequence learning and place learning, were investigated. The results of both studies indicate the greater cognitive importance of information derived from the object compared to information derived from the verbal label.
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DerĘgowski, J.B., Parker, D.M. & Mcgeorge, P. What’s in a name, what’s in a place? The role of verbal labels in distinct cognitive tasks. Curr Psychol 18, 32–46 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-999-1015-1
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