{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7129317489","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70205","title":"Seductive Details Behind Hyperlinks\u2014Harmful or Helpful for Learning?","display_name":"Seductive Details Behind Hyperlinks\u2014Harmful or Helpful for Learning?","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-02-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7129317489","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70205"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1002/jcal.70205","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5743915","display_name":"Journal of Computer Assisted Learning","issn_l":"0266-4909","issn":["0266-4909","1365-2729"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Computer Assisted Learning","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70205","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053617849","display_name":"Lisa Bender","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-6558"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161046081","display_name":"University of Freiburg","ror":"https://ror.org/0245cg223","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161046081"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Lisa Bender","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Freiburg  Freiburg Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-6558","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Freiburg  Freiburg Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161046081"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5061656502","display_name":"Alexander Renkl","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-0619"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I161046081","display_name":"University of Freiburg","ror":"https://ror.org/0245cg223","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161046081"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alexander Renkl","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Freiburg  Freiburg Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-0619","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Freiburg  Freiburg Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161046081"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5055559619","display_name":"Katharina Scheiter","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9397-7544"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I176453806","display_name":"University of Potsdam","ror":"https://ror.org/03bnmw459","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I176453806"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Katharina Scheiter","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Potsdam  Potsdam Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9397-7544","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Potsdam  Potsdam Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I176453806"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5091519446","display_name":"Juliane Richter","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8418-0931"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1283220839","display_name":"Stuttgart Media University","ror":"https://ror.org/022r03w28","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1283220839"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juliane Richter","raw_affiliation_strings":["Stuttgart Media University  Stuttgart Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8418-0931","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Stuttgart Media University  Stuttgart Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1283220839"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090387409","display_name":"Alexander Eitel","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-3467"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200763008","display_name":"Justus-Liebig-Universit\u00e4t Gie\u00dfen","ror":"https://ror.org/033eqas34","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200763008"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210148049","display_name":"Giessen School of Theology","ror":"https://ror.org/03kzgcv48","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210148049"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Alexander Eitel","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Giessen  Giessen Germany"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-3467","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Giessen  Giessen Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210148049","https://openalex.org/I200763008"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5053617849"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I161046081"],"apc_list":{"value":3760,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3760},"apc_paid":{"value":3760,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3760},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.31697483,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"42","issue":"2","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12887","display_name":"Educational Strategies and Epistemologies","score":0.20600000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12887","display_name":"Educational Strategies and Epistemologies","score":0.20600000023841858,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11516","display_name":"Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes","score":0.1315000057220459,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3205","display_name":"Experimental and Cognitive Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10072","display_name":"Science Education and Pedagogy","score":0.09070000052452087,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hyperlink","display_name":"Hyperlink","score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognition","display_name":"Cognition","score":0.48159998655319214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hypertext","display_name":"Hypertext","score":0.39910000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/hypermedia","display_name":"Hypermedia","score":0.38109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/educational-technology","display_name":"Educational technology","score":0.3310999870300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cognitive-load","display_name":"Cognitive load","score":0.3176000118255615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/experiential-learning","display_name":"Experiential learning","score":0.31380000710487366}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C30088001","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102014","display_name":"Hyperlink","level":3,"score":0.9430000185966492},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.5666999816894531},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169900460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2200417","display_name":"Cognition","level":2,"score":0.48159998655319214},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162215914","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93241","display_name":"Hypertext","level":2,"score":0.39910000562667847},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780126544","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837900","display_name":"Hypermedia","level":2,"score":0.38109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.350600004196167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16443162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068473","display_name":"Educational technology","level":2,"score":0.3310999870300293},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C61641136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1107019","display_name":"Cognitive load","level":3,"score":0.3176000118255615},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C37228920","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1307600","display_name":"Experiential learning","level":2,"score":0.31380000710487366},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87868495","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q750843","display_name":"Information processing","level":2,"score":0.30720001459121704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.29600000381469727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26760741","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160402","display_name":"Perception","level":2,"score":0.2879999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18599908","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1196904","display_name":"Electronic publishing","level":3,"score":0.28679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.27160000801086426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C92393732","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1790374","display_name":"Learning theory","level":2,"score":0.2635999917984009},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48164120","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4491893","display_name":"Concept learning","level":2,"score":0.26350000500679016},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986087404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15946010","display_name":"Online learning","level":2,"score":0.2578999996185303},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.2533999979496002},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.25049999356269836}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1002/jcal.70205","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5743915","display_name":"Journal of Computer Assisted Learning","issn_l":"0266-4909","issn":["0266-4909","1365-2729"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Computer Assisted Learning","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:freidok.uni-freiburg.de:277495","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/data/277495","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401057","display_name":"FreiDok plus (Universit\u00e4tsbibliothek Freiburg)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I161046081","host_organization_name":"University of Freiburg","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I161046081"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Journal of computer assisted learning. - 42, 2 (2026) , e70205, ISSN: 1365-2729","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1002/jcal.70205","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcal.70205","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S5743915","display_name":"Journal of Computer Assisted Learning","issn_l":"0266-4909","issn":["0266-4909","1365-2729"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Computer Assisted Learning","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","display_name":"Gender equality","score":0.5124306082725525}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1897434200","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"395562182","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320879","funder_display_name":"Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320879","display_name":"Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft","ror":"https://ror.org/018mejw64"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":43,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W253927317","https://openalex.org/W783036666","https://openalex.org/W1712395399","https://openalex.org/W1866019986","https://openalex.org/W1974691216","https://openalex.org/W2000141755","https://openalex.org/W2002233825","https://openalex.org/W2005034131","https://openalex.org/W2019060798","https://openalex.org/W2044806496","https://openalex.org/W2057673348","https://openalex.org/W2069227682","https://openalex.org/W2077354717","https://openalex.org/W2079406721","https://openalex.org/W2082778102","https://openalex.org/W2085674455","https://openalex.org/W2087484885","https://openalex.org/W2097781150","https://openalex.org/W2115312648","https://openalex.org/W2118389537","https://openalex.org/W2132184337","https://openalex.org/W2134537068","https://openalex.org/W2164682760","https://openalex.org/W2237676655","https://openalex.org/W2463453513","https://openalex.org/W2502088893","https://openalex.org/W2508562350","https://openalex.org/W2767740804","https://openalex.org/W2789274906","https://openalex.org/W2792324663","https://openalex.org/W2891064245","https://openalex.org/W2898450031","https://openalex.org/W2904520451","https://openalex.org/W2905626471","https://openalex.org/W2911164906","https://openalex.org/W3008371318","https://openalex.org/W3019764716","https://openalex.org/W3138950282","https://openalex.org/W3171057724","https://openalex.org/W4210659850","https://openalex.org/W4221098663","https://openalex.org/W4241819366","https://openalex.org/W4250922876"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"ABSTRACT":[0],"Background":[1],"According":[2],"to":[3,38,44,50,78,132],"the":[4,33,40,85,90,189,200,204],"seductive\u2010details":[5],"effect,":[6],"practitioners":[7],"should":[8,266],"avoid":[9],"interesting":[10,51],"but":[11,52,259],"irrelevant":[12,53],"adjuncts":[13],"(e.g.,":[14],"fun":[15],"facts,":[16],"comics)":[17],"in":[18,59,84,116,143,203],"learning":[19,36,86,147,170,190,205,227],"materials":[20],"as":[21,43,103,208,220],"they":[22,233],"might":[23],"increase":[24],"extraneous":[25],"cognitive":[26,118],"load":[27],"and":[28,68,110,126,212],"thus":[29,111],"hamper":[30],"learning.":[31],"As":[32],"digitalisation":[34],"of":[35,123,151],"continues":[37],"increase,":[39],"question":[41],"arises":[42],"whether":[45,65],"this":[46],"recommendation":[47],"also":[48,267],"applies":[49],"hyperlinks":[54,75,254,265],"that":[55,72,81,95,248,261],"are":[56,82],"often":[57],"included":[58],"online":[60,146,167],"materials.":[61],"Objectives":[62],"We":[63,92],"investigated":[64],"students":[66,96,215,249],"perceive":[67,99],"use":[69,122,128,150,250],"seductive":[70,79,101,108,124,130,152,176,218,251,262],"details":[71,80,102,109,131,177,201,219,252,263],"appear":[73],"behind":[74],"differently":[76,255],"compared":[77],"integrated":[83,107,202,224,257],"material":[87,206],"directly":[88],"on":[89,168],"screen.":[91],"were":[93,229],"assuming":[94],"would":[97],"(a)":[98],"hyperlink":[100,129,217],"less":[104,221],"relevant":[105,222],"than":[106,223],"not":[112,235],"be":[113,268],"negatively":[114],"affected":[115],"their":[117,144,186,226],"processing":[119],"(i.e.,":[120,148],"informed":[121],"details)":[125],"(b)":[127],"take":[133],"a":[134,156,169],"small":[135],"break":[136],"or":[137,178,192,207],"for":[138,188],"gratification,":[139],"thereby":[140],"supporting":[141],"them":[142],"persistent":[145],"needs\u2010oriented":[149],"details).":[153],"Methods":[154],"In":[155],"3":[157],"\u00d7":[158],"2\u2010between\u2010subjects":[159],"study,":[160],"participants":[161],"(":[162],"N":[163],"=":[164],"165)":[165],"worked":[166],"unit":[171],"about":[172,185],"chemistry":[173],"models":[174],"without":[175,193],"with":[179,182],"them,":[180],"either":[181],"explicit":[183,195,239],"information":[184],"irrelevance":[187,240],"goal":[191],"such":[194],"information.":[196],"Moreover,":[197],"we":[198],"presented":[199],"mouse\u2010over":[209],"hyperlinks.":[210],"Results":[211],"Conclusion":[213],"Although":[214],"perceived":[216],"details,":[225],"outcomes":[228],"still":[230],"impaired":[231],"when":[232],"did":[234],"receive":[236],"an":[237],"additional":[238],"instruction.":[241],"Hence,":[242],"our":[243],"study":[244],"reveals":[245],"no":[246],"evidence":[247],"via":[253,264],"from":[256],"ones,":[258],"instead":[260],"avoided.":[269]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-02-19T06:27:42.648592","created_date":"2026-02-18T00:00:00"}