Ecological Cognition in Visualization

这一努力有助于用户模型理论和测量方法的设计，在一定程度上，允许可视化界面的定量评估。生态学理论认为，世界上的事物状态可以直接通过认知的“事物状态”（对应于生态处理方面）来表征。本研究旨在验证生态加工包括“设想”和“检查”信息加工操作循环的假设。认知任务的难度可以通过（相对）独立于记忆的生态操作和受控的记忆密集型符号处理之间的处理资源分配（例如，注意力分配）来表征。因此，这种方法允许考虑任务上下文以及查看逻辑认知操作。它使关于抽象和具体任务的可测试的预测成为可能。它可以折叠到现有的GOMS模型中，用于界面隐喻的定量评估，从而允许后续评估和最小化与直接操作和可视化界面交互的难度。

Ecological Cognition in Visualization This effort contributes to the theory of a user model and a measurement methodology designed, in part, to permit quantitative assessment of visualization interfaces. Ecological theory states that the state of affairs in the world can be represented directly through cognitive "states of affairs" (corresponding to ecological processing aspects). This work is to test the hypothesis that ecological processing includes cycles of "envisioning" and "inspection" information processing operations. The difficulty of cognitive tasks can then be characterized by the allocation of processing resources (e.g., the allocation of attention) between the (relatively) memory-independent ecological operations and controlled, memory intensive symbolic processing. Thus, this approach allows consideration of the task context as well as viewing logical cognitive operations. It makes possible testable predications about both abstract and concrete tasks. It can be folded into existing GOMS models for quantitative assessment of interface metaphors allowing subsequent evaluation and minimization of the difficulty of interacting with direct manipulation and visualization interfaces.