Using language complexity to measure cognitive load for adaptive interaction design

International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 333-336

  Khawaja, M Asif ^a   Chen, Fang ^a   Marcus, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Interaction design; Language complexity measures; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE INTERACTION; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE LOAD; COGNITIVE LOAD MEASUREMENT; COGNITIVE LOADS; HIGH LOAD; INCIDENT CONTROL; INTERACTION DESIGN; LANGUAGE COMPLEXITY; LOW LOAD; MANAGEMENT TASKS; SPEECH CONTENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COMPLEXATION; DESIGN; LINGUISTICS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 77951121289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1719970.1720024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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