Week 2 – Cognition, Memory and Personas

Weekly Task:

Q: Can you give examples of external representations at the interface that reduce memory load and facilitate computational offloading?

A: for historical or event-based data in the museum, an interactive timeline can visually represent the sequence and duration of historical events, eliminating the need for users to remember them.

Q: Do you think that new technologies such as Augmented Reality and speech recognition systems have reduced people’s ability to remember? If yes, in which ways?

A: I think the technologies can reduce people’s ability to remember, such as using AR apps for navigation, which may reduce our need to remember routes or landmarks. Similarly, asking iPhone Siri to call someone might reduce the necessity to remember phone numbers from memory.

Q: Can you give us an example of an everyday activity (that you do, so you are the target user group), and it can be done using a different interface?

A: Smart Mirror with voice recognition by voice commands when showering. “Play my morning playlist” or “Play relaxing music” to start the music.

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