Particularly useful for the project is Don Norman's
paper on mental models (extracts available here). Also of relevance is the
chapter from Preece et al.'s book on Human Computer
Interaction, extracts here.
See also
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J. R. (1978) Arguments concerning representations for mental
imagery. Psychological Review 85, 249-277.
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C. L. (1986) The user's mental model of an information
retrieval system; an experiment on a prototype on-line catalogue.
International Journal of Man-Machine studies 24, 47-64.
- Briggs
P. (1988) What we know and what we need to know: the user model
versus the user's model in Human Computer interaction. Behaviour and
Information Technology 7, 431-442.
- Garnham,
A. (1987) Mental models as representations of discourse and
text. Ellis Horwood.
- Gilhooly,
K. J., Keane, M. T. G., Logie, R. H. & Erdos, G. (Eds.)
(1990) Lines of thinking. Volume 1. Wiley. (Chapter by Byrne &
Johnson-Laird.)
- Kieras,
D. E. & Bovair, S. (1984) The role of mental models in learning
to operate a device. Cognitive Science 8, 255-274.
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A. (1986) Mental representations: A dual coding approach.
Oxford University Press.
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S. J. (1991) A descriptive study of mental models. Behaviour and
Information Technology 10, 3-21.
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M. (1989) The foundations of cognitive science. MIT Press.
(Chapter by Johnson-Laird.)
- Rouse,
W. B. & Morris, N. M. (1986) On looking into the black box;
prospects and limits in the search for mental models. Psychological
Bulletin 100, 349-363.
- Sharkey,
N. E. (Ed.) (1989) Models of cognition: A review of cognitive
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S. & Brewer, W. F. (1992) Mental models of the earth: a
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