Abstract
In learning, people develop new cognitive structures by metaphorically extending old ones. The metaphors spontaneously generated by new users will predict the ease with which they can master a computer system. Systems which through their interface suggest inefficacious metaphors will accordingly be more difficult to learn and to that extent unacceptable.
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MetaphorRepresentation (politics)Computer scienceCognitionHuman–computer interactionCognitive scienceInterface (matter)Cognitive systemsUsabilityPsychologyLinguisticsPhilosophy
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- 12
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- 107-116
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John M. Carroll,
John Thomas
(1982).
Metaphor and the Cognitive Representation of Computing Systems.
IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics
, 12
(2)
, 107-116.
https://doi.org/10.1109/tsmc.1982.4308795
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- 10.1109/tsmc.1982.4308795