Task and user effects on reading patterns in information search

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 346-362

  Cole, Michael J ^a   Gwizdka, Jacek ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Bierig, Ralf ^a   Belkin, Nicholas J ^a   Zhang, Xiangmin ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive task; Eye movements; Information search; Interactive information retrieval; Reading models; User models

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; WEBSITES;

COGNITIVE PROCESSING; COGNITIVE TASK; EYE MOVEMENT PATTERNS; INFORMATION ACQUISITIONS; INFORMATION SEARCH; INTERACTIVE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERACTIVE INFORMATIONS; USER MODELS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

EID: 79959846978     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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