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Educational Psychology
An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology
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When pictures are not beneficial in multimedia learning: the case of threat-related pictures

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Pages 155-172 | Received 07 Sep 2020, Accepted 22 Feb 2023, Published online: 06 Mar 2023

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