Human-Computer Interaction 3e ­ Dix, Finlay, Abowd, Beale

CHAPTER 12
cognitive models

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Cognitive models represent users of interactive systems.

• Hierarchical models represent a user's task and goal structure.
• Linguistic models represent the user-system grammar.
• Physical and device models represent human motor skills.
• Cognitive architectures underlie all of these cognitive models.

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