Effects of Doodling Style, Boredom, and Sensation Seeking on Recall Tasks.
Whether doodling positively or negatively affects memory is still to be determined. The underlying mechanisms of doodling's effect on memory have yet to be fully explored. This study examined the impact of doodling style, boredom, and sensation seeking on recall tasks using a dual‐task paradigm with...
| Published in: | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology Vol. 67; no. 3; pp. 898 - 909 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2026
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