Designing with the Mind in Mind

Index

A

Ambiguity, perceptual, 8

Attention

blink following recognition of object, 158

cleanup after goal achievement, 106–107

duration of unbroken attention to unit task, 159

external aids, 98–99

familiar path following, 102

relationship to short-term memory, 82

scent of information following towards goal, 99–100, 100f, 101f

Automatic versus controlled processing, 123, 126

B

Background noise, reading disruption, 41–42, 41f, 42f

Brain

functional divisions, 119–120

impulsive behavior inhibition by frontal cortex, 125

perceptual and cognitive temporal function, 154–160

reading and functional imaging, 37–39, 38f

Broca’s area, 38f, 39

Busy indicators, 164–165

C

Calculations

difficulty, 124–130

user interface design implications, ...