Resolving the paradox of the active user: Stable subuptional performance in interactive tasks

Cognitive Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 901-935

  Fu, Wai Tat ^a   Gray, Wayne D ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive choice; Cost benefit tradeoffs; Interactive behavior; Rationality; Suboptimal performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244241691     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogsci.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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