Figure it Out: Getting From Information to Understanding

By:

Anderson Stephen P

Contributor(s):

Fast Karl

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York Two Waves Books 2020Description: 416ISBN:

9781933820965

Subject(s):

Cognition

DDC classification:

AND 153

Summary: Introduction PART 1. A FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING. 1. From information to understanding 2. Understanding as a function of the brain, body, and environment PART 2. HOW WE UNDERSTAND BY ASSOCIATIONS. 3. Understanding is fundamentally about associations between concepts 4. Everyday associations: priming, anchoring, and narrative 5. Everyday associations: aesthetics and explicit visual metaphors 6. Closing thoughts and cautionary notes about associations PART THREE. HOW WE UNDERSTAND WITH EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS. 7. Why our sense of vision trumps all others 8. An intelligent understanding of color 9. Ways we use space to hold and convey meaning PART FOUR. HOW WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH INTERACTIONS. 10. Interacting with information 11. A pattern language for talking about interactions PART FIVE. COORDINATING FOR UNDERSTANDING. 12. Seeing the system of cognitive resources 13. Coordinating a system of resources PART SIX. TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR UNDERSTANDING. 14. A critical look at tools and technologies for understanding 15. A perspective on future tools and technologies for understanding

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Introduction
PART 1. A FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING.
1. From information to understanding
2. Understanding as a function of the brain, body, and environment
PART 2. HOW WE UNDERSTAND BY ASSOCIATIONS.
3. Understanding is fundamentally about associations between concepts
4. Everyday associations: priming, anchoring, and narrative
5. Everyday associations: aesthetics and explicit visual metaphors
6. Closing thoughts and cautionary notes about associations
PART THREE. HOW WE UNDERSTAND WITH EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS.
7. Why our sense of vision trumps all others
8. An intelligent understanding of color
9. Ways we use space to hold and convey meaning
PART FOUR. HOW WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH INTERACTIONS.
10. Interacting with information
11. A pattern language for talking about interactions
PART FIVE. COORDINATING FOR UNDERSTANDING.
12. Seeing the system of cognitive resources
13. Coordinating a system of resources
PART SIX. TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR UNDERSTANDING.
14. A critical look at tools and technologies for understanding
15. A perspective on future tools and technologies for understanding

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