Emotional Design in Chinese Pictographic Character Learning: Effects on Cognitive Load, Aesthetic Pleasure, and Intrinsic Motivation Among CSL Learners.

Bo Liu, Jiaqi Wang, Zhiyang Yue, Jing Ma, Jie Zhang

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Article in Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Bo LiuSchool of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.ORCID 0009-0005-5331-0023

Jiaqi WangSchool of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.ORCID 0009-0007-4495-6484

Zhiyang YueFaculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao 999078, China.ORCID 0009-0006-2809-4012

Jing MaSchool of Art Education, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan 430060, China.ORCID 0009-0003-5302-5527

Jie ZhangFaculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University, Macao 999078, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8219-5590

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Hubei Institute of Fine Arts University-level Scientific Research Project No. 2024XJ07

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Abstract

The orthographic simplification of Chinese pictographic characters may place a cognitive strain on contemporary learners. Historical evolution has reduced the visual transparency of Chinese pictographic characters, making them increasingly difficult for learners of Chinese as a second language to recognize intuitively. Although current technologies assist in the acquisition of Chinese pictographic characters, how the design of instructional materials shapes learners' emotional experience in Chinese pictographic character learning remains underexplored. This work, grounded in Emotional Design, designed four versions of instructional materials for 32 Chinese pictographic characters under the title

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aesthetic pleasureanthropomorphismChinese pictographic character learningcognitive loademotional designintrinsic motivation

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PMID42193595

DOI10.3390/bs16050716

PMCPMC13203171

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