{"id":1101,"date":"2006-01-25T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoreti.ca\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2009-03-20T10:50:36","modified_gmt":"2009-03-20T15:50:36","slug":"external-cognition-how-do-graphical-representations-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=1101","title":{"rendered":"External Cognition: How do Graphical Representations Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Likewise , as we argued in describing the resemblance fallacy , making assumptions that the internal representation is a mental model or image-like may simply give the illusion of solving the processing-internal representation-external representation riddle. (p. 209)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do we understand how visualizations work, if at all? Work on visualization seems to be premised on the intuition that &#8220;a picture is worth a thousand words&#8221;. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slis.indiana.edu\/faculty\/yrogers\/papers\/externalcognition.pdf\">External Cognition: How do Graphical Representations Work? (PDF)<\/a> by Scaife and Rogers (Int . J . Human &#8211; Computer Studies (1996) 45 , 185 &#8211; 213) is a metastudy that questions what we really know.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn their conclusion they point to interactivity as what needs to be studies. How dow people interact with graphics &#8211; annotate them, draw them, and manipulate them.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In sum , we propose a new agenda for research into graphical representations that is based on an analysis of interactivity and , thus , considers the relationship between different external and internal representations . Such an approach should help us to better understand , design and select graphical representations &#8211; be they &#8220;old fashioned&#8221; or technologically advanced &#8211; which are appropriate for the learning environment , problem-solving task or entertainment activity in question. (p. 210)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Likewise , as we argued in describing the resemblance fallacy , making assumptions that the internal representation is a mental model or image-like may simply give the illusion of solving the processing-internal representation-external representation riddle. (p. 209) Do we understand how visualizations work, if at all? Work on visualization seems to be premised on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/?p=1101\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">External Cognition: How do Graphical Representations Work?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-visualization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoreti.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}