Human Cognitive Abilities
Outline
What is Cognition?
Cognition and Perception are parts of one interrelated system
Methods of Inquiry into Cognition
Some Topics of Inquiry
Color (Human Visual System)
The Visual System to Scale
Linguistic Inquiry into colors
Focal Colors
Problem Solving (Newell and Simon 1972, also Dix 1998)
Problem Framing (Rittle 1973)
Categories/Properties (Dix)
Categories/Properties (Rosch)
Let’s try a quick experiment
Experiment, part 2
Experiment, part 3
Results of Spatial Cognition Studies in the 1990’s
Implications for UI Design?
Intrinsic Viewers too
Engineering Models of Cognition
Model Human Processor (MHP)
What is Missing from the MHP?
MHP Basics
Memory
One Principle of Operation
Fitts’ Law Example
Another Principle of Operation
Elaboration
Library of Human Performance?
Epistemology of Engineering Models
Epistemology
Summery of Engineering Models
“User-Centered” Cognitive Modeling
Mental Models
Interface Hall of Shame or Fame?
A building data structure
Equivalent Information
Example: Putting It Together (Healey 98)
Taking Advantage of the Viewer’s Cognitive System
Is there a way of combining these methods for a more understandable display?
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