Designing with the Mind in Mind

Informationen zum Autor All pathology residents must have a good command of clinical chemistry! toxicology! immunology! and laboratory statistics to be successful pathologists! as well as to pass the American Board of Pathology examination. Clinical chemistry! however! is a topic in which many senior medical students and pathology residents face challenges. Clinical Chemistry! Immunology and Laboratory Quality Control meets this challenge head on with a clear and easy-to-read presentation of core topics and detailed case studies that illustrate the application of clinical chemistry knowledge to everyday patient care. This basic primer offers practical examples of how things function in the pathology clinic as well as useful lists! sample questions! and a bullet-point format ideal for quick pre-Board review. While larger textbooks in clinical chemistry provide highly detailed information regarding instrumentation and statistics! this may be too much information for students! residents! and clinicians. This book is designed to educate senior medical students! residents! and fellows! and to "refresh" the knowledge base of practicing clinicians on how tests are performed in their laboratories (i.e.! method principles! interferences! and limitations). Klappentext 2nd edition. Provides an essential source for user interface design rules. Zusammenfassung Provides you with just enough background in perceptual and cognitive psychology that user interface (UI) design guidelines make intuitive sense rather than being just a list or rules to follow. This book equips readers with the knowledge to make educated tradeoffs between competing rules! project deadlines! and budget pressures.

Autorentext

Jeff Johnson is president and principal consultant at UI Wizards, Inc., a product usability consulting firm (www.uiwizards.). He has worked in the field of Human-Computer Interaction since 1978, as a software designer and implementer, usability tester, manager, researcher at several computer and telecommunications companies, and as a consultant. In the course of his career, he has written many articles, cowritten several books, and given numerous presentations on a variety of topics in Human-Computer Interaction.

Klappentext

2nd edition. Provides an essential source for user interface design rules.

Zusammenfassung
Provides you with just enough background in perceptual and cognitive psychology that user interface (UI) design guidelines make intuitive sense rather than being just a list or rules to follow. This book equips readers with the knowledge to make educated tradeoffs between competing rules, project deadlines, and budget pressures.

Inhalt

IntroductionChapter 1: Our Perception is BiasedChapter 2: Our Vision is Optimized to See StructureChapter 3: We Seek and Use Visual StructureChapter 4: Our Color Vision is LimitedChapter 5: Our Peripheral Vision is PoorChapter 6: Reading is UnnaturalChapter 7: Our Attention is Limited; Our Memory is ImperfectChapter 8: Limits on Attention Shape Our Thought and ActionChapter 9: Recognition is Easy; Recall is HardChapter 10: Learning from Experience and Performing Learned Actions are Easy; Problem Solving and Calculation are HardChapter 11: Many Factors Affect LearningChapter 12: Human Decision-Making is Rarely RationalChapter 13: Our Hand-Eye Coordination Follows LawsChapter 14: We Have Time Requirements