Brody, P. J. & Legenza, A. (1980). Can pictorial attributes serve mathemagenic functions? Educational Communication and Technology Journal, 28, 25-29.
Using mathemagenic-based research, the authors attempted to determine if the location or type of a picture affects reading comprehension. College students read a passage and then answered multiple-choice questions that assessed different types of incidental learning. Generally, subjects who viewed a picture after reading the passage scored higher than those who viewed before reading.