Interfacing Thought: Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction

CARROLL, John M. (Ed)

ISBN 10: 0262031256 / ISBN 13: 9780262031257

Published by The MIT Press - a Bradford book, 1987

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pp.xv, 370 pages, some figures and tables, hardback (original blue cloth), a very good+ ex-library copy [0262031256].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interfacing Thought: Cognitive Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction
• Publisher: The MIT Press - a Bradford book
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262031256
• ISBN 13: 9780262031257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

Interfacing Thought consolidates and presents theoretically important cognitive science research in the new and intensely active domain of human-computer interaction. It is a valuable survey of the whole range of problems and tasks in this growing field.

The twelve essays focus on the design of "user interfaces," or computers as experienced and manipulated by human users, showing how human motivation, action, and experience place constraints on the usability of computer equipment. In confronting the challenge of developing an applied science of human-computer interaction grounded in the framework of cognitive science, the essays make basic contributions to the development of cognitive science itself.

John M. Carroll is Manager of Advisory Interfaces at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center. He is coeditor, with Thomas G. Bever and Lance A. Miller, of Talking Minds: The Study of Language in the Cognitive Sciences, an MIT Press paperback. A Bradford Book.

About the Author

John M. Carroll is a professor in the School of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University, University Park, PA. He has been elected into the CHI Academy by The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) in recognition of his outstanding leadership and service in the field of computer-human interaction.