The effects of spatial layout and view control on cognitive processing Conference Paper

abstract

• 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.

name of conference

• CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

authors

• Quek, Francis

published proceedings

• CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

author list (cited authors)

• Ragan, E. D., Endert, A., Bowman, D. A., & Quek, F.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Ragan, Eric D||Endert, Alex||Bowman, Doug A||Quek, Francis

publication date

• May 2011

publisher

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)  Publisher

keywords

• Basic Behavioral And Social Science
• Behavioral And Social Science
• Clinical Research
• Mental Health

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1145/1979742.1979921

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781450302289

start page

• 2005

end page

• 2010

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1979742.1979921