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A term used in discussing information processing system to refer to the way a signal can becomes distorted/degraded when converted from one form to another.
The term has been applied in cognition, and it has been suggested that existing idea can influence how communication is understood in ways that what is represented in memory is distorted compared with the intended communication (e.g., teaching is misunderstood and so is remembered in a distorted way because of a learner's existing conceptions)
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