Cognitive Aspects: What is Cognition?

What the term means: There are many different types of cognition, such as thinking, remembering, learning, daydreaming, decision making, seeing, reading, writing and talking. There are two general modes of cognition: Experience and Reflective. Experimental cognition is a state of mind in the way we perceive, act, and react to events. This may include driving …

Understanding and Conceptualizing Interaction: Interaction Types

What the term means: Essentially, interaction types are the way a person interacts with a product or application. There are four main types: instructing, conversing, manipulating, and exploring. (Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2015, p. 2) Reflection on the Topic Deciding which of the four main types of interaction type that should be chosen can help …

Interaction Design: Good and Poor Design

What the term means: A central concern of interaction design is to develop products that are usable. By this is generally meant effective to use and providing an overall enjoyable experience. A good place to start is to compare examples of well and poorly designed ones. “Interaction Design” (Preece, Rogers & Sharp, 2015, p. 2) …

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