Thinking with Diagrams (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001)

This book provides an introductory overview of the rapid growth in interdisciplinary research into Thinking with Diagrams. Diagrammatic representations are becoming more common in everyday human experience, yet they offer unique challenges to cognitive science research. Neither linguistic nor perceptual theories are sufficient to completely explain their advantages and applications. These research challenges may be part of the reason why so many diagrams are badly designed or badly used. This is ironic when the user interfaces of computer software and the worldwide web are becoming so completely dominated by graphical and diagrammatic representations. This book includes chapters commissioned from leading researchers in the major disciplines involved in diagrams research. They review the philosophical status of diagrams, the cognitive processes involved in their application, and a range of specialist fields in which diagrams are central, including education, architectural design and visual programming languages. The result is immediately relevant to researchers in cognitive science and artificial intelligence, as well as in applied technology areas such as human-computer interaction and information design.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	2001
Editors:	Alan F. Blackwell
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	150
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-5695-5
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Human-computer interaction Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Programming languages > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Image processing > General
LSN:	90-481-5695-5
Barcode:	9789048156955

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