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Results reveal that the attributed type of appraisal, (i.e., the subjective impression of whether a medium is easy or difficult to learn with) impacts invested mental effort and learning outcomes. Though there was no evidence for the modality effect in the first experiment, we were able to identify it in a second study. We were also able to replicate appraisal and attribution findings from study 1 in study 2: if media appraisal leads to the result that learning with a specific medium is difficult, more mental effort will be invested in information processing. Consequently, learning outcomes are better, and learners are more likely to attribute knowledge acquisition to their own abilities. 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