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title: "15-mental-models-representation-matters-distributing-cognition"
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- info203
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- lecture
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sr-due: 2022-05-12
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sr-interval: 10
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sr-ease: 250
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doors are simple. But they are still done wrong very often. Incorrect labelling can give the user a wrong mental model - widening the "gulf of execution". Signifiers like handles, can create a certain mental model making you pull it. These are easier to process than labels like push and pull. Our brains are lazy, we will choose the easiest option.
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Door is very simple compared to computer interface. Yet they are still done wrong.
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"A conceptial model mismatch (use has the wrong mental model)"
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"Increases the Gulf of Execution (suporting the right model narrows it)"
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# Mental Models
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[mental-models](notes/mental-models.md)
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# Representation Matters and Distributing cognition
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[representation-and-distributing-cognition](notes/representation-and-distributing-cognition.md) |