Disfluent difficulties are not desirable difficulties: The (lack of) effect of Sans Forgetica on memory
Taylor and colleagues examine whether the font Sans Forgetica improves memory, as its creators claim. Making information harder to learn can create desirable difficulties that benefit learners, and some studies suggest a difficult-to-read font could serve as one. In four experiments they set out to replicate the creators' unpublished findings. The title reports the outcome: a lack of effect of the font on memory.
Taylor and colleagues examine whether the font Sans Forgetica improves memory, as its creators claim. Making information harder to learn can create desirable difficulties that benefit learners, and some studies suggest a difficult-to-read font could serve as one. In four experiments they set out to replicate the creators' unpublished findings. The title reports the outcome: a lack of effect of the font on memory.
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Taylor, A., Sanson, M., Burnell, R., Wade, K. A., & Garry, M. (2020). Disfluent difficulties are not desirable difficulties: The (lack of) effect of Sans Forgetica on memory. Memory, 28(7), 850-857. doi:10.1080/09658211.2020.1758726 https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1758726