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In fact, 93% of all communication is nonverbal. Visuals attract our attention, enhance our emotions,
and affect our attitude.
* Our brain processes visuals 60,000 times faster than text.
* 40% of people respond better to images than text.
* 50% of our brain is active in visual processing.
Reflection Time: After learning these important truths, how do you plan to alter your
teaching style to incorporate more visuals?
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Visual content drives engagement like crazy, and this is nothing but simple psychology.
(https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/alchemist/2016/03/21/decoding-idea-submission-round-for-imagine-cup/)
Do you need any more reasons to dig deeper into the psychology of visual content to understand how
to apply it to your visuals used to support your teaching?
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