The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface
| AUTHOR | Norman, Kent L. |
| PUBLISHER | Intellect (UK) (05/01/1991) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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Menu selection is emerging as an important mode of human/computer interaction. This text, devoted to the topic, provides detailed theoretical and empirical information of interest to software designers and human/computer interaction specialists and researchers. A theoretical approach to menu is taken by developing a psychological theory of cognitive control by the user. A comprehensive review of empirical research on menu selection is presented in an organized fashion to aid in the design and evaluation of systems. Finally, information is given on how to prototype and evaluate menu selection systems using both performance data and user ratings.
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ISBN-13:
9780893915537
ISBN-10:
089391553X
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
350
Carton Quantity:
0
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Programming - General
Dewey Decimal:
005.1
Library of Congress Control Number:
90-1198
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Menu selection is emerging as an important mode of human/computer interaction. This text, devoted to the topic, provides detailed theoretical and empirical information of interest to software designers and human/computer interaction specialists and researchers. A theoretical approach to menu is taken by developing a psychological theory of cognitive control by the user. A comprehensive review of empirical research on menu selection is presented in an organized fashion to aid in the design and evaluation of systems. Finally, information is given on how to prototype and evaluate menu selection systems using both performance data and user ratings.
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Author:
Norman, Kent L.
Kent Norman received his doctorate from the University of Iowa in experimental psychology and is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland. He is the director of the Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes (LAPDP) and is a founding member of the Human/Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS). His research is on judgment and decision making and problem solving, particularly as they pertain to human-computer interaction and cognitive issues in interface design. Dr. Norman is the author of The Psychology of Menu Selection: Designing Cognitive Control at the Human/Computer Interface, and he is the developer of HyperCourseware, a Web-based prototype for electronic educational environments reported on in his online text: Teaching in the Switched On Classroom (1999, http: //lap.umd.edu/soc). He is co-author of the QUIS: The Questionnaire for User Interaction Satisfaction, licensed by the university to corporate and government usability labs, and he is currently doing research on 'computer rage'. Dr Norman is the author or co-author of more than 80 journal articles and book chapters.
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