On the memorability of icons in an information retrieval task

Lansdale, Mark

doi:10.1080/01449298808901869

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“…Generally speaking, the basic composition units for any graphic symbol are line and dots that can be expanded to form various types of graphics. Combination of graphics and their continuations will then yield different forms of icons (Lansdale 1988).…”

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Cross‐cultural Comparisons on Psychosemantics of Icons and Graphics

1990

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This study is to report a cross‐cultural comparison on perceptions of icons and graphics and their relationships. Data were ratings of 10 icons and 10 graphics against 21 bipolar semantic differential scales from 325 college students in three countries, Mexico, Columbia, and Japan. Cross‐cultural factor analyses resulted in the identification of four semantic (three affective and one denotative) features, three icon factors, and three graphic factors. Indigenous cultural means of these iconic and graphic factors were computed and used to probe cross‐cultural similarities and differences in perceptions. Psychosemantics of icon factors were further predicted by graphic factors through canonical correlation. This study concludes the importance of implicit cultural meanings of nonverbal figures in intercultural communications. The implications of this study are also discussed.

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Cross‐cultural Comparisons on Psychosemantics of Icons and Graphics

1990

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“…Though the existence of cognitive universals across cultures had been confirmed in several studies [6,13,14], indications for culture-specific stereotypes are also available [13]. Hence, before the icon-based menu can be finally recommended for international adoption its usefulness for different language regions and cultures should be clarified.…”

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Making a completely icon-based menu in mobile devices to become true

Schröder

Ziefle

2008

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices and Services

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This paper investigates the feasibility and usefulness of completely icon-based menus in mobile devices. The underlying research was arranged in four steps: (1) Employing the sign production method, users' prototypic mental concepts for the pictorial representation of verbal menu terms were obtained. (2) Having selected and implemented the most prototypic ideas their potential was evaluated in the second step using the matching and the naming method. (3) In the third step an icon-based menu was constructed, programmed and implemented. (4) Finally, the utility of this prototype vis-a-vis a text-based menu was investigated on an experimental basis in a menu search task. The icon-based menu is shown to produce a significantly higher learnability thus outweighing initial differences. In general, results demonstrate that icon-based menus are basically viable and successfully applicable, if a users-centered procedure is pursued and if icons represent prototypical semantic knowledge.

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“…Loftus [55] found icons to be worth 100 ms. of additional physical exposure duration under a wide range of circumstances. Lansdale [54] found no exceptional level of recall when icons were used in an information retrieval task. Icons can differ in several dimensions.…”

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Research on task complexity as a foundation for augmented cognition

Crosby

Iding

Chin

2003

36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of The

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In order to implement real-time adaptive augmented cognition, one of the focal points of our present research involves understanding the dimensions of task complexity. Task complexity is a construct that has been used in many fields such as biology, computer science, and psychology.An objective of our current research effort is to be able to instantaneously assess change in the cognitive capabilities of people as they perform increasingly complex tasks. In order to address these broader goals, a better understanding of task complexity is needed. Specific questions we ask include: (1) What are the factors that contribute to task complexity? (2) What are effective ways to assess task complexity? and (3) How can task complexity be reduced in real-time tasks? In order to address these questions, we review literature related to task complexity across several domains such as user models, human computer interaction, human factors and instructional design.

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On the memorability of icons in an information retrieval task

Cited by 24 publications

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Cross‐cultural Comparisons on Psychosemantics of Icons and Graphics

Cross‐cultural Comparisons on Psychosemantics of Icons and Graphics

Making a completely icon-based menu in mobile devices to become true

Research on task complexity as a foundation for augmented cognition

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