kirlik@chmsr.gatech.edu (09/23/89)
Hello,
I am looking for any pointers to research in the following two areas:
1. Exploitation of redundancy: Specifically, well controlled empirical
work on how people (cleverly) discover and use easily available cues
in order to reduce the need to refer to information with a higher
sampling cost (time/effort).
2. Displays as external memories: Specifically, any model that respects
the (partial) symmetry between perceptual and memorial recall. Are
there any models that allow one to set "parameters" indicating
whether a particular piece of information is perceptually accessed
from a display versus accessed from memory?
Thank you,
(kirlik@chmsr.gatech.edu)
Alex Kirlik
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In article <2007@hydra.gatech.EDU> kirlik@chmsr.gatech.edu () writes:
I am looking for any pointers to research in the following two areas:
1. Exploitation of redundancy
2. Displays as external memories
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There is considerable research in the perceptual literature on
redundant cues. They indeed to make performance faster. I suspect any
modern cog psych text will have pointers. Try the work of Wendell Garner.
There is hardly any research at all (let alone model) on external
memory. It is an important component of my current research, so any
pointers freom readers of this newsgroup would be appreciated.
I can recommend a paper by Jill Larkin (actually, the book in which
this appears is also excellent. Larkin's apper contains references to
other works, such as the paper she did with Simon on "A picture is
worth 10,000 words" (more or less).
Larkin, J. (1989). Display-based problem solving. In D. Klahr & K.
Kotovsky, (Eds.), Complex Information Processing: The Impact of
Herbert A. Simon. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Another excellent paper is:
Reisberg, D. (1987) External representations and the advantages of
externnalizing one's thoughts. Proceedings of the of the Cognitive
Science Society, Seattle, WA: Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Don Norman INTERNET: dnorman@ucsd.edu
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University of California, San Diego AppleLink: d.norman
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[e-mail paths often fail: please give postal address and full e-mail path.]jhc@iris.brown.edu (James H. Coombs) (09/24/89)
In article <779@cogsci.ucsd.EDU> norman@cogsci.ucsd.EDU (Donald A Norman-UCSD Cog Sci Dept) writes: > There is hardly any research at all (let alone model) on external > memory. It is an important component of my current research, so any > pointers freom readers of this newsgroup would be appreciated. I have found Schonpflug's work very useful. Briefly, in order to use an external store of information, people must maintain a reduced internal representation along with a pointer to the external store. An external store will not be useful unless it significantly relieves the internal store from the burdens of quantity and persistence. I would be very interested in hearing criticisms of Schonpflug's work as well as more pointers to other research. Schonpflug, W. "External Information Storage: An Issue for the Psychology of Memory." F. Klix and H. Hagendorf, eds., Human Memory and Cognitive Capabilities. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1986. 369-75. Schonpflug, W. "Internal Representation of Externally Stored Information." F. Klix and H. Wandke, eds. Man-Computer Interaction Research. MACINTER I. Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1986. 125-30. Schonpflug, W. "The Trade-off Between Internal and External Information Storage." Journal of Memory and Language 25 (1986): 657-75. Schonpflug, Wolfgang. "Retrieving Texts from an External Store: The Effects of an Explanatory Context and of Semantic Fit Between Text and Address." Psychological Research 50 (1988): 19-27. --Jim Dr. James H. Coombs Senior Software Engineer, Research Institute for Research in Information and Scholarship Box 1952, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912