Virtual Memory: Blurring Interface and Object

An interactive object in a virtual environment produces a more vivid memory, which contributes to greater recall about the object, but it also confuses the elements of the interface and illusory features that were not part of the object. Perhaps the user was recalling the interface of the virtual environment and misapplied this memory to the object being manipulated. Read a bit more in the article by Nancy Gardner.

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