Mental representations of hypermedia: An evaluation of the spatial assumption

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1156-1160

  Farris, J Shawn ^a   Jones, Keith S ^a   Elgin, Peter D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; WEB BROWSERS; WEBSITES;

COGNITIVE MAPS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0442279424     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120104501501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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