An External Cognition Framework for Visualizing Uncertainty in Support of Situation Awareness. (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Newton, Olivia B.; Fiore, Stephen M.; LaViola, Joseph J.
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting. Volume 61:Part 1(2017)
• Page Start: 1198
• Page End: 1202
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: Human engineering -- Congresses; 620.8205
• DOI: 10.1177/1541931213601782
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1541-9312

Abstract

This paper discusses an approach for the development of visualizations intended to support cognitive processes deemed fundamental in the maintenance of Situation Awareness under conditions of uncertainty. We integrate ideas on external cognition from the cognitive sciences with methods for interactive visualization to help cognitive engineering examine how visualizations, and interacting with them, alter cognitive processing and decision-making. From this, we illustrate how designers and researchers can study principled variations in visualizations of uncertainty drawing from extended and enactive cognition theory.