Cognitive Elements of HCI

 

1. Gestalt laws

2. Graphical coding

3. Recognition versus recall

4. Mental models

5. Metaphors

6. Affordances The image shows different levels of analysis in HCI: on Level 1, people and technology are studied. On Level 2, work and immediate environment. On level 3, the social system, organizational goal and technical system

7. Fitts' law (see menu interaction)

8. Color vision (see color)