Employing causality when teaching physiology: deriving the Wiggers diagram from scratch to build better student understanding of cardiac function
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Prediction in physiology is the pinnacle of learning outcomes and depends upon comprehension of the biological, chemical, or physical causal links between mechanistic events. The challenge of creating essential cognitive frameworks within which students can successfully think and reason in physiology is to present complex topics in small logical units that do not exceed the working memory capacity. Here we describe how we would develop a logic-driven explanation using the classical Wiggers diagram.
Authors: E. P. Silldorff, G. D. Robinson
Institution: Towson University
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7203831455