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The 26th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction

author: David Kieras, University of Michigan

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This course is intended to give newcomers enough background in the field of HCI to make their conference experience much more meaningful. It provides a framework to understand how the various topics are related to research and practice. It is a tried and true introduction and has become a CHI conference tradition.

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0:00 Psychology in Human-Computer Interaction
0:48 The Role of Psychology in HCI
2:52 Overview of Remainder of Presentation
4:06 The Big Picture: Users and Systems
7:44 Declarative and Procedural Knowledge
9:05 Rationality Principle
11:46 The Small Picture: The Model Human Processor (MHP)
12:26 The Model Human Processor - Diagram
13:11 Cognitive Processor
14:39 Example: Simple Reaction Time
15:34 Simple Reaction - 1
16:02 Simple Reaction - 2
18:02 Next: Some Details
18:28 Input Basics: Aimed Movements
21:32 The Mouse Follows Fitts' Law
23:01 Keyboards
25:39 Output Basics: Human Vision
27:45 Current Computer Displays Underutilize the Visual System
31:08 Basic Principles of Display Design
32:46 Icons vs. Words as Display Objects
34:03 Icons vs. Words - 2
34:56 Pop-out from Color
35:55 Smaller Color Area not as Good
36:07 Icons are usually too Complex to Guide Visual Search!

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