Arrows in Comprehending and Producing Mechanical Diagrams

Autor/inn/en	Heiser, Julie; Tversky, Barbara
Titel	Arrows in Comprehending and Producing Mechanical Diagrams
Quelle	In: Cognitive Science, 30 (2006) 3, S.581-592 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0364-0213
DOI	10.1207/s15516709cog0000_70
Schlagwörter	Experiments; Role; Visual Aids; Equipment; Comprehension; Drafting + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erprobung; Rollen; Anschauungsmaterial; Verstehen; Verständnis; Draft; Entwurf
Abstract	Mechanical systems have structural organizations--parts, and their relations--and functional organizations--temporal, dynamic, and causal processes--which can be explained using text or diagrams. Two experiments illustrate the role of arrows in diagrams of mechanical systems. In Experiment 1, people described diagrams with or without arrows, interpreting diagrams without arrows as conveying structural information and diagrams with arrows as conveying functional information. In Experiment 2, people produced sketches of mechanical systems from structural or functional descriptions. People spontaneously used arrows to indicate functional processes in diagrams. Arrows can play a powerful role in augmenting structural diagrams to convey dynamic, causal, or functional information. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10