I recently used Gemini's Deep Research function for a literature review of color theory in regards to educational materials like PowerPoint slides. I did specifically mention Mayer's Multimedia Learning work [1].
It does a fairly decent job at finding source material that supported what I was looking for. However, I will say that it tailored some of the terminology a little TOO much on Mayer's work. It didn't start to use terms from cognitive load theory until later in its literature review, which was a little annoying.
We're still in the initial stages of figuring out how to interact with LLMs, but I am glad that one of the unpinning mentalities to it is essentially "don't believe everything you read" and "do your own research". It doesn't solve the more general attention problem (people will seek out information that reinforces their opinions), but Gemini did provide me with a good starting off point for research.
It does a fairly decent job at finding source material that supported what I was looking for. However, I will say that it tailored some of the terminology a little TOO much on Mayer's work. It didn't start to use terms from cognitive load theory until later in its literature review, which was a little annoying.
We're still in the initial stages of figuring out how to interact with LLMs, but I am glad that one of the unpinning mentalities to it is essentially "don't believe everything you read" and "do your own research". It doesn't solve the more general attention problem (people will seek out information that reinforces their opinions), but Gemini did provide me with a good starting off point for research.
[1] https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2015-00153-001