Cognitive Elements of HCI

 

1. Attentive vs. pre-attentive processing  Pointer to experiments on pre-attentive processing 

2. Graphical coding

3. Gestalt laws

4. Mental models

[5. Metaphors]

6. Affordances The image shows different levels of analysis in HCI: on
            Level 1, people and technology are studied. On Level 2, work
            and immediate environment. On level 3, the social system,
            organizational goal and technical system

7. Deficiencies in human information processing Link to page

8. Fitts' law (see menu interaction)

9. Color vision (see color)