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A wide variety of learning, training the brain and knowledge assessment designs are being used both in educational institutions and in private companies, some of them proving to be more effective than others. Since learning involves cognition and the use of brain hemispheres in different degrees, our aim was to analyze if and how colors influence the complex cognitive processes required for logical and visual space perception solving tasks. A research designed for this purpose among students of Bucharest University of Economic Studies indicated that respondents’ personal liking or disliking different hues is not connected with their preference for colors they want to see when solving problems. Differences were found between online problem-solving materials and printed on paper problem solving materials in what concerns colors chosen for visualization, as well as between genders and their choices for the colors when solving problems.
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Maiorescu, I., Giuşcă, S., Sabou, G.C. (2019). Using Colors for Efficient Problem Solving in Learning. In: Tăchiciu, L., Weber, G., Bodemann, M. (eds) Building Engagement for Sustainable Development. Sustainable Management, Wertschöpfung und Effizienz. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-26172-6_8
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