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'''Cognitive engineering''' is a method of study using [[cognitive psychology]] to design |
'''Cognitive engineering''' is a method of study using [[cognitive psychology]] and [[cognitive neuroscience]] to design and develop engineering systems to support or improve the cognitive processes of users.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Cognitive engineering|journal=Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science|volume=4|issue=1|pages=17–31|doi=10.1002/wcs.1204|pmid=26304173|year = 2013|last1 = Wilson|first1 = Kyle M.|last2=Helton|first2=William S.|last3=Wiggins|first3=Mark W.|url=http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/28844/1/WilsonHeltonWiggins_Cognitive%20Engineering_Authors%20Pre-print%202012.pdf }}</ref> |
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It was an engineering method used in the 1970s at [[Bell Labs]], focused on how people form a [[cognitive model]] of a system based upon common metaphors.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/condon.htm|title=Interview with Joseph H. Condon (transcript)|last=|first=|date=|website=History of Science, Princeton University|archive-url=|archive-date |
It was an engineering method used in the 1970s at [[Bell Labs]], focused on how people form a [[cognitive model]] of a system based upon common metaphors.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/condon.htm|title=Interview with Joseph H. Condon (transcript)|last=|first=|date=|website=History of Science, Princeton University|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-05-17}}</ref> As explained, by [[Joseph Henry Condon]]:<ref name=":0" /> |
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{{quote|sign=[[Joseph Henry Condon]]|source={{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/condon.htm|title=Interview with Joseph H. Condon (transcript)|last=|first=|date=|website=History of Science, Princeton University|archive-url=|archive-date |
{{quote|sign=[[Joseph Henry Condon]]|source={{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/condon.htm|title=Interview with Joseph H. Condon (transcript)|last=|first=|date=|website=History of Science, Princeton University|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-05-17}}|"The idea is that people form a model. You present them with some instruments, tools, like a faucet, electric stove or something like that and demonstrate how it works. They then form in their heads a model that shows how it works inside to help them remember how to use it in the future. It may be a totally erroneous model of what is going on inside the black box."}} |
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According to Condon, the ideas of cognitive engineering were developed later than, and independent from, the early work on the [[Unix]] operating system.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/condon.htm|title=Joseph H. Condon|publisher=[[Princeton University]] History of Science}}</ref> |
According to Condon, the ideas of cognitive engineering were developed later than, and independent from, the early work on the [[Unix]] operating system.<ref name="interview">{{cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/transcripts/condon.htm|author=Michael S. Mahoney|title=Joseph H. Condon|publisher=[[Princeton University]] History of Science}}</ref> |
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[[Don Norman]] cited principles of cognitive engineering in his 1981 article, "The truth about Unix: The user interface is horrid." Norman criticized the [[user interface]] of Unix as being "a disaster for the casual user."<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Norman | first1 = Don | title = The truth about Unix: The user interface is horrid | url = http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/smalley/ESCI7205F2009/misc_files/The_truth_about_Unix_cleaned.pdf | work = Datamation | issue = |
[[Don Norman]] cited principles of cognitive engineering in his 1981 article, "The truth about Unix: The user interface is horrid." Norman criticized the [[user interface]] of Unix as being "a disaster for the casual user."<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Norman | first1 = Don | title = The truth about Unix: The user interface is horrid | url = http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/people/smalley/ESCI7205F2009/misc_files/The_truth_about_Unix_cleaned.pdf | work = Datamation | issue = 12 | date = 1981| volume = 27 }}</ref> However the "casual user" is not the target audience for UNIX and as the Condon quote above indicates, a high level of user interface abstraction leads to cognitive models that may be "totally erroneous." |
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* [[Cognitive systems engineering]] |
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* [[History of Unix]] |
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* [[Outline of human–computer interaction]] |
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Cognitive engineering is a method of study using cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience to design and develop engineering systems to support or improve the cognitive processes of users.[1]
History[edit]
It was an engineering method used in the 1970s at Bell Labs, focused on how people form a cognitive model of a system based upon common metaphors.[2] As explained, by Joseph Henry Condon:[2]
"The idea is that people form a model. You present them with some instruments, tools, like a faucet, electric stove or something like that and demonstrate how it works. They then form in their heads a model that shows how it works inside to help them remember how to use it in the future. It may be a totally erroneous model of what is going on inside the black box."
— Joseph Henry Condon, "Interview with Joseph H. Condon (transcript)". History of Science, Princeton University. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
According to Condon, the ideas of cognitive engineering were developed later than, and independent from, the early work on the Unix operating system.[3]
Don Norman cited principles of cognitive engineering in his 1981 article, "The truth about Unix: The user interface is horrid." Norman criticized the user interface of Unix as being "a disaster for the casual user."[4] However the "casual user" is not the target audience for UNIX and as the Condon quote above indicates, a high level of user interface abstraction leads to cognitive models that may be "totally erroneous."
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Wilson, Kyle M.; Helton, William S.; Wiggins, Mark W. (2013). "Cognitive engineering" (PDF). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science. 4 (1): 17–31. doi:10.1002/wcs.1204. PMID 26304173.
- ^ a b "Interview with Joseph H. Condon (transcript)". History of Science, Princeton University. Retrieved 2017-05-17.
- ^ Michael S. Mahoney. "Joseph H. Condon". Princeton University History of Science.
- ^ Norman, Don (1981). "The truth about Unix: The user interface is horrid" (PDF). Datamation. Vol. 27, no. 12.
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