Cognitive Ergonomics to Boost Information Science

Cognitive Ergonomics in Interface Design - Discussion of a Moving Science

Cognitive Ergonomics is discussed as a systematic base for user interface design. The history of the discipline, explicitly existing now for about 25 years, is discussed, from participatory design, through various flavors of user centered design, to contextual design. Several persistent misunderstandings regarding the need for user interface design are analyzed. The concept of activity centered...

Contributions of cognitive science to information science: An analytical synopsis

Emergence of cognitive science as a distinct field of study has left an important impact on various disciplines including information science. Research questions relating to the study of thinking, intuition, and intelligence were considered unimportant for scholarly inquiry before the beginning of cognitive science; however, a greater attention has been given to these questions since the beginn...

Cognitive Science versus Cognitive Ergonomics: A dynamic tension or an inevitable schism?

A dynamic tension or an inevitable schism? [Review of the book Expertise and technology: Cognition and human-computer cooperation]. Contemporary Psychology, 41(6), 592-539. In their foreword, the editors give a nod toward the " internationally based human-computer interaction (HCI) community, at the level of research as well as at the level of application " (p. xi). This is the community to whi...

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Obama's science boost

From the outset of his bid for the presidency, Barack Obama has promised to make sweeping changes in the areas of energy, science, and climate change; but few could have predicted a year ago how quickly these commitments would be realized and at what scale. By signing the economic stimulus package into law earlier this month, however, the new president has authorized enormous cash infusions int...