Designing with Blends: Conceptual Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering

by Manuel Imaz and David Benyon

How recent research in cognitive science offers new ways to understand the interaction of people and computers and develops a new literacy for well-informed, sensitive software design.

The evolution of the concept of mind in cognitive science over the past 25 years creates new ways to think about the interaction of people and computers. New ideas about embodiment, metaphor as a fundamental cognitive process, and conceptual integration--a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262090422
• ISBN13: 9780262090421
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher