Paper Info
Title
Cognitive Ergonomics in Interface Development Evaluation
Abstract
Cognitive Ergonomics is a discipline that contributes with its knowledge to construct better machines in the sense of being easier to use by human beings. Cognitive Ergonomists perform a cognitive analysis of interaction to: (1) shorten the time to accomplish interaction tasks; (2) reduce the number of mistakes made by humans; (3) reduce learning time; and (4) improve people's satisfaction with a system. An appropriate methodology for performing this cognitive analysis of interaction could be based on what I call the "Principle of Mutual Dependency" [Canas et al 2004]. This principle determines that: (1) The optimal interface functions will be those that fit the human cognitive functions involved in the task; (2) The human cognitive functions that are involved in the task depend on the interface functions; (3) The modification, replacement, or introduction of a new interface function implies the adaptation of the human cognitive functions; (4) The development (e. g., learning) or limitation (e. g., Elderly users) of the human cognitive functions will imply limitations on the possible interface functions. I will describe this principle with examples from research projects in which our research group participates.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2008
JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
Cognitive Ergonomics,interface evaluation
Field
DocType
Volume
Disjunction introduction,Cognitive models of information retrieval,Computer science,Cognitive analysis,Cognitive psychology,Knowledge management,Artificial intelligence,Cognitive model,Socio-cognitive,Cognitive load,Cognition,Cognitive ergonomics
Journal
14
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
16
0948-695X
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.74
11
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
José Cañas1181.82