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The effects of spatial layout and view control on cognitive processing

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Eric D. Ragan,

Alex Endert,

Doug A. Bowman, and

Francis QuekAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2011

Pages 2005 - 2010

https://doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979921

Published: 07 May 2011 Publication History

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This study explores how spatial layout and view control impact learning. We performed a controlled experiment using a learning activity involving memory and comprehension of a visually represented story. We present our preliminary results comparing performance between a slideshow-type presentation on a single monitor and a spatially distributed presentation among multiple monitors, and method of view control (automatic and interactive). With the distributed layout, participants maintained better memory of the associated locations where information was presented. However, performance scores were significantly better for the slideshow presentation than for the distributed layout for the learning task.

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The effects of spatial layout and view control on cognitive processing
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CHI EA '11: CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2011

2554 pages

ISBN:9781450302685

DOI:10.1145/1979742

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Desney Tan
Microsoft Research
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