Among human-cell studies, only 5 of 14 found the expected positive effect of high emotional design on retention and 5 on transfer; only 5 of 9 studies measuring emotions found the expected effect on positive emotions¶

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Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? In the 15 studies on human cells, only 5 studies found the expected positive effect of high emotional design on retention and 5 on transfer, with 3 finding both. → Juliette C. Désiron 2026 q2 i? Only 5 of the 9 studies that included measures of emotions found the expected effect on positive emotions. → Juliette C. Désiron 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Juliette C. Désiron 2026¶

Juliette C. Désiron, Julien Venni, Mireille Bétrancourt. (2026). Mapping the Heterogeneity of Emotional Design Features in Multimedia Research: A Systematic Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10138-3

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Review of the 15 studies addressing human cells (Tables 3 and 4), coding dependent variables by mechanism. The review reports "Only 5 studies found the expected positive effect of “high” emotional design on retention, and 5 on transfer – with 3 studies finding both."

"Only 5 studies found the expected positive effect of “high” emotional design on retention, and 5 on transfer – with 3 studies finding both. These data highlight the difficulty to find an effect of emotional design of cogni-"

Juliette C. Désiron 2026 (2)¶

q2 · i? · review · r3

Discussion-section synthesis of the review's affect findings: of the studies measuring emotions, "only 5 out of the 9 studies that included measure of emotions found the expected effect on positive emotions."

"In our review, only 5 out of the 9 studies that included measure of emotions found the expected effect on positive emotions."

Discussion¶

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`title`	`Among human-cell studies, only 5 of 14 found the expected positive effect of high emotional design on retention and 5 on transfer; only 5 of 9 studies measuring emotions found the expected effect on positive emotions`
`description`	`Among human-cell studies, only 5 of 14 found the expected positive effect of high emotional design on retention and 5 on transfer; only 5 of 9 studies measuring emotions found the expected effect on positive emotions`
`status`	`review`
`evidence_strength`	`moderate`
`newest_evidence`	`2026`
`generated`	by `process:wiki-ingest` on `2026-10-22`
`trust`	unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
`sources`	2 — `juliette-c-désiron-2026`, `juliette-c-désiron-2026-2`

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