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* {{quotation | Cognitive artifacts may be defined as "those artificial devices that maintain, display, or operate upon information in order to serve a representational function and that affect human cognitive performance." (Norman 1991, p.17) Cognitive artifacts are in other words man-made things that seem to aid or enhance our cognitive abilities, and some examples are calendars, to-do lists, computers, or simply tying a string around your finger as a reminder.}} (Soegaard)
* {{quotation | Cognitive artifacts may be defined as "those artificial devices that maintain, display, or operate upon information in order to serve a representational function and that affect human cognitive performance." (Norman 1991, p.17) Cognitive artifacts are in other words man-made things that seem to aid or enhance our cognitive abilities, and some examples are calendars, to-do lists, computers, or simply tying a string around your finger as a reminder.}} (Soegaard)


* Cognitive artifacts are an important part of a [[task environment]].
* Cognitive artifacts are an important part of a [[task environment]], i.e. the environment of action.
 
{{quotation | The two - person and environment -- are coordinated in the sense that reaching a goal state depends on both sides doing their part.}} (Kirsh, 1999).


== References ==
== References ==

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Definition

  • “Cognitive artifacts may be defined as "those artificial devices that maintain, display, or operate upon information in order to serve a representational function and that affect human cognitive performance." (Norman 1991, p.17) Cognitive artifacts are in other words man-made things that seem to aid or enhance our cognitive abilities, and some examples are calendars, to-do lists, computers, or simply tying a string around your finger as a reminder.” (Soegaard)
  • Cognitive artifacts are an important part of a task environment, i.e. the environment of action.

“The two - person and environment -- are coordinated in the sense that reaching a goal state depends on both sides doing their part.” (Kirsh, 1999).

References

  • Kirsh, D. (1999): Distributed Cognition, Coordination and Environment Design, In Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Society. HTML
  • Hutchins, E. (1995). Cognition in the Wild. Cambridge, MA: MITPress.
  • Norman, Donald A. (1991): Cognitive artifacts. In: Carroll, John M. (Eds.) "Designing Interaction: Psychology at the Human-Computer Interface". Cambridge University Press
  • Simon, Herbert A. (1996): The Sciences of the Artificial, (third ed.). Cambridge, MA, MIT Press
  • Soegard, Mats (20003), Cognitive Artifacts, Interaction-design.org encyclopedia, HTML