Cognitive Support: Extending Human Knowledge and Processing Capacities.

Neerincx, Mark A.; de Greef, H. Paul

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Publication Date: 1998

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Cognitive Support: Extending Human Knowledge and Processing Capacities.

Neerincx, Mark A.; de Greef, H. Paul

Human-Computer Interaction, v13 n1 p73-106 1998

This study of 40 undergraduates examined whether aiding as cognitive support (i.e., offering computer users knowledge they are missing) can supplement lack of knowledge and capacity under tasks with high mental loading, such as dealing with irregularities in process control. Users of a railway traffic control simulator dealt better and faster with irregularities when the computer provided aiding. (PEN)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Simulation, Computer System Design, Expert Systems, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Man Machine Systems, Rail Transportation, Traffic Control, User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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