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The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications » Read Now
by Julie A. Jacko, Andrew Sears. 1277 pgs.

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The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications is a comprehensive survey of this fast-paced field that is of interest to all HCI practitioners, educators, consultants, and researchers. This includes computer scientists; industrial, electrical...
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The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies, and Emerging Applications is a comprehensive survey of this fast-paced field that is of interest to all HCI practitioners, educators, consultants, and researchers. This includes computer scientists; industrial, electrical, and computer engineers; cognitive scientists; experimental psychologists; human factors professionals; interface and systems designers; product managers; and executives working with product development. This new Handbook offers a comprehensive compendium of foundational principles, as well as the most recent advances in conceptualizing, designing, and evaluating computing technologies. It spans a variety of traditional and non-traditional platforms, including desktop and mobile computing, networked and virtual environments, and information appliances. In addition, the volume offers thorough coverage of interaction issues concerning diverse users, including men; women; children; the elderly; and those with cognitive, physical, and perceptual impairments. Another unique feature of this new Handbook is that HCI is presented in the context of special application domains, such as e-commerce, telecommunication, government, health care, educational software, entertainment, games, motor vehicles, and aerospace. In this volume, an unprecedented number of top experts in the field of HCI share their expertise, experience, and insight regarding research, technological advancements, and specific methodologies in the field of human-computer interaction.
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The Handbook of Task Analysis for Human-Computer Interaction » Read Now
by Dan Diaper, Neville A. Stanton. 650 pgs.

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A comprehensive review of the current state of research and use of task analysis for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This multi-authored and diligently edited handbook offers the best reference source available on this diverse subject whose foundations date to the turn of the last century. Each...
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A comprehensive review of the current state of research and use of task analysis for Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This multi-authored and diligently edited handbook offers the best reference source available on this diverse subject whose foundations date to the turn of the last century. Each chapter begins with an abstract and is cross-referenced and indexed to other chapters. Divided into five parts-each prefaced with a rationale and brief summary of its chapters-this volume presents contemporary thinking about task analysis together with a representative set of methods. Part I opens with seven chapters that form a book-within-a-book and introduce most of the main concepts, methods, and techniques discussed in more detail in later parts. Part II describes the use of task analysis in commercial IT projects and recognizes some of the important constraints on its use. Part III primarily concentrates on human issues-most relying on some particular psychological or ergonomic model. Part IV presents task analysis methods targeted at software engineering development. These methods, particularly where supported by CASE tools, are therefore practical for use in commercial projects. Lastly, Part V focuses on outstanding issues associated with task analysis, highlighting the main problems with it and analyzing how these might be resolved in due course. Academic researchers, post-graduate students and final year undergraduates, as well as practicing HCI professionals and hardcore task analysts, including industrialists, psychologists, and computer scientists will all benefit from this Handbook.
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Human-Computer Interaction: Communication, Cooperation, and Application Design » Read Now
by Hans-Jorg Bullinger, Jurgen Ziegler. 1396 pgs.

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Human-Computer Interaction: Ergonomics and User Interfaces » Read Now
by Hans-Jorg Bullinger, Jurgen Ziegler. 1396 pgs.

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Human-Computer Interaction: Psychological Aspects of the Human Use of Computing, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by Gary M. Olson, Judith S. Olson. 26 pgs.

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Human-Computer Interaction: Psychology as a Science of Design, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by John M. Carroll. 23 pgs.

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Cognitive Work Analysis: Toward Safe, Productive, and Healthy Computer-Based Work » Read Now
by Kim J. Vicente. 416 pgs.

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Computers, Human Interaction, and Organizations: Critical Issues » Read Now
by Vicente Berdayes, John W. Murphy. 268 pgs.

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...As computers become more prevalent throughout society, the issue of computer-human interaction has become paramount to computer scientists and professionals furthering the...
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Virtual and Adaptive Environments: Applications, Implications, and Human Performance Issues » Read Now
by Lawrence J. Hettinger, Michael Haas. 582 pgs.

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The use of virtual and adaptive environments promises to revolutionize the ways in which humans live their daily lives. Virtual and adaptive environments are systems composed of humans, computers, and interface devices. The fundamental assumption motivating the publication of this book is that these...
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The use of virtual and adaptive environments promises to revolutionize the ways in which humans live their daily lives. Virtual and adaptive environments are systems composed of humans, computers, and interface devices. The fundamental assumption motivating the publication of this book is that these systems are first and foremost human-centered technologies, in that their purpose is to complement and extend human capabilities across a wide variety of domains. The contributions illustrate the many ways in which psychological science is contributing to and benefitting from the increased development and application of these nascent systems. Discussing issues from both a user- and technology-based standpoint, the volume discusses the use of human perception, cognition, and behavior. The book was inspired by the editors' interaction with many colleagues over a period extending from 1992 to 2002. They have assembled a collection of authors consisting of many recognizable experts in the field of virtual and adaptive environments, as well as many "up and coming" young researchers in these areas-those from whom much will be heard in the years to come. As such, anyone working in the fast moving area of virtual environment technology find this book valuable, including those in human factors and perceptual and cognitive psychology.
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Cognition in a Digital World » Read Now
by Herre van Oostendorp. 298 pgs.

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Massive changes are taking place in society surrounding the delivery of information to individuals and the way they process this information. At work, at home, and in schools, the Internet and the World Wide Web are altering the individual's work, his leisure time, her workplace, and their...
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Massive changes are taking place in society surrounding the delivery of information to individuals and the way they process this information. At work, at home, and in schools, the Internet and the World Wide Web are altering the individual's work, his leisure time, her workplace, and their educational environments. All of these changes and their consequences have traditionally been investigated largely within the domain of sociology, semiotics, mass communication, and computer science. The perspective from cognitive psychology has been lacking. The purpose of this volume is to fill this gap. The focus of the book is the cognitive effects of the modern digital environment. In addition, questions are raised about what cognitive conditions must exist for adequately processing information in multimedia environments. Internet use routinely involves the exchange of factual information but also a large amount of information with an interpersonal character is communicated. A socio-psychological perspective is needed to understand both kinds of communication, also to be able to design appropriate support tools. In Cognition in a Digital World, the emphasis is on the psychological analysis of interactive and continuing communication and discourse, rather than on the technical aspects of the individual's interaction at the interface. The three main themes of this volume are: *conditions and consequences of multimedia information processing by the individual; *socio-psychological characteristics of information transfer over the World Wide Web; and *analysis of computer-mediated collaborative communication. Cognition in a Digital World will be of interest to a wide audience of researchers and students in the fields of cognitive science, education, communication sciences, computer science and the arts (discourse analysis).
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Design Rationale: Concepts, Techniques, and Use » Read Now
by Thomas P. Moran, John M. Carroll. 508 pgs.

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Thinkwork: Working, Learning, and Managing in a Computer-Interactive Society » Read Now
by Fred Young Phillips. 300 pgs.

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...This volume explains how advances in computer technology will augment communication in person-to-person, organizational, and educational settings. It describes the...
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Brain Potentials after Clicking a Mouse: A New Psychophysiological Approach to Human-Computer Interaction, in Human Factors » Read Now
by Hiroshi Nittono, Aya Hamada, Tadao Hori. 9 pgs.

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Evaluation of a Computerized Aid for Creating Human Behavioral Representations of Human-Computer Interaction, in Human Factors » Read Now
by Kent E. Williams, Jeffrey R. Voigt. 16 pgs.

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Users as Designers: How People Cope with Poor HCI Design in Computer-Based Medical Devices, in Human Factors » Read Now
by Jodi Heintz Obradovich, David D. Woods. 19 pgs.

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Agent Culture: Human-Agent Interaction in a Multicultural World » Read Now
by Sabine Payr, Robert Trappl. 311 pgs.

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