Cognitive overheads and prostheses: Some issues in evaluating hypertexts

HYPERTEXT 1991 - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual ACM Conference on Hypertext

Volumn , Issue , 1991, Pages 1-12

  Wright, Patricia ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Design; Memory; Planning; Reading; Tools

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; PLANNING; PROSTHETICS; TOOLS;

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES; COGNITIVE COSTS; INTERFACE CHARACTERISTIC; PLANNING PROCESS; READING; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84949251479     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/122974.122975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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