# P07: Principles for Reducing Extraneous Processing in Multimedia Learning

- Publisher: Logan Fiorella and Richard E. Mayer / Cambridge University Press
- Source: [Original page or paper](https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-handbook-of-multimedia-learning/principles-for-reducing-extraneous-processing-in-multimedia-learning/F29A19FCD34C542806F736E0661C05F5)
- Published: 2021-11-19
- Accessed: 2026-10-22
- Evidence class: Authoritative research synthesis, publisher summary read
- Read status: publisher_summary_read

## Finding

Coherence, signaling, redundancy and spatial/temporal alignment describe ways to reduce unnecessary processing.

## Limits

Publisher summary only. Learning-context evidence does not establish a universally optimal business presentation.