Asynchronous parallelism in human behaviour: a cognitive science perspective on human-computer interaction
- 1 February 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Behaviour & Information Technology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 3-12
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01449298908914533
Abstract
The paper first presents a discussion of non-linearities in human sequential behaviour-in terms of interleaving-and then introduces the concepts which underlie non-linear phonology. The paper does not provide a full treatment of the theory of non-linear phonology, nor of its generalization to cover non-speech activities-these can be found elsewhere in the literature. The significance of the formalism of non-linear phonology for researchers and designers in human-computer interaction is revealed through the discussion of several examples, ranging from general behaviour with a multi-tasking interface, via interleaved activities in the use of a note-taking aid, to programming itself.Keywords
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