Complex Cognition, papers by Lisanne Bainbridge

  In this review, there are 3 main groups of topics. 1.  Introduction .  Basic element,  sources of data which meet cognitive needs. 2.  The cognitive processing element .  Meeting an information need : 3a.  by finding it in the environment . 3b.  from a stored knowledge base . 3c.  by working through a 'routine' , or referring to the result of using a routine elsewhere. 3d.  more on knowledge bases . Choosing  what  to do. 4.  Sequences of activity, introduction to the 'overview' . 5.  'Sequencers' .  6.  Working storage.   Choosing  how  to do it. 7. Choosing the method used to meet a task need :  using meta-knowledge, implications for mental workload . 8.  Learning and modes of processing  : some issues and possibilities. 9.  Final comments . References . Box Element : References Building up behavioural complexity from a cognitive processing element Lisanne Bai...

Topics in this section :  4.1. identifying the determinants of the sequence of 'routines' 4.2. the main ’routines’ and sequential determinants in the furnace control task. 4.3. representing the sequence of thinking in relatively conventional flow diagrams ('box element' representation in Section 5). 4.4.  introduction to a cyclic/overview model (more on this in Sections 5-6). Summary of main points in Section 4. Section 4 : Sequence of activities, introduction to the contextual overview.  Building up behavioural complexity from a cognitive processing element Lisanne Bainbridge How are the sequences of activity built up?  After working through one 'routine’, how does the person decide what type of activity to do next ?  What determines the sequence in which topics are thought about ?  Finding this needed a different type of analysis. The verbal reports give direct evidence about what the operators thought about their task. How these were anal...