Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction

Designing for Cognitive Alignment
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-443-41359-9
Verlag: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 450 g

Foundations of Human-Computer Interaction: Designing for Cognitive Alignment reframes human-computer interaction (HCI), usability, and user-centered design by focusing on the conditions under which cognition stabilizes over time. It provides an integrated account of HCI by bringing together cognitive science, neuroscience, and design principles to explain how systems shape perception, regulate attention, and support stable reasoning across repeated encounters. This approach ensures that graduate and undergraduate students not only understand core theoretical frameworks but also recognize how design decisions influence reasoning, decision-making, and cognitive effort in real-world contexts. The book emphasizes structured learning and iterative design processes, making the material accessible to both novices and advanced learners. It also addresses contemporary challenges such as AI-driven systems, adaptive interfaces, and large-scale personalization, offering a framework for understanding how misalignment emerges as instability—seen in repetition, delayed decisions, fragmented attention, and unresolved effort—and how design can support clarity, recovery, and trust in responsible ways

Autoren/Hrsg.

Atkinson, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Datenbankdesign & Datenbanktheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion User Interface Design & Benutzerfreundlichkeit
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion Informationsarchitektur
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Cognitive Grounding: Architecture of Alignment
1. Foundations: From Usability to Cognitive Alignment
2. Conditioned by Design: The Behavioral Architecture of Digital Platforms
3. From Perception to Anticipation: The Cognitive Architecture of Interaction
4. From Networks to Regulation: The Neurobiological Architecture of Stability

Part 2: Designing for Cognitive and Emotional Alignment
5. Modeling Cognition: Thresholds for Alignment
6. Narrative Scaffolds: Designing for Continuity
7. Design Thinking: Sustaining Alignment under Uncertainty
8. Prototyping as Rehearsal for Alignment

Part 3: Evaluating Alignment in Practice
9. Expert Review: Early Safeguards for Alignment
10. Usability Testing: Anticipating Strain and Resilience
11. Quantitative Evidence: Signals of Alignment
12. Qualitative Evidence: Anchoring Meaning

Part 4: Governing Cognitive Contracts: Time, Prediction, Sovereignty, Stewardship
13. Temporal Accountability: Governing the Rhythms of Time
14. Predictive Accountability: Governing Futures
15. Cognitive Sovereignty: The Right to Reflection
16. Professional Stewardship: Sustaining Cognitive Alignment

Über Autor(innen)

Atkinson, Robert
Dr Robert Atkinson is the Associate Professor of Computer Science in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University, with a background in cognitive science, psychology, and neuroscience. His work focuses on the intersection of these fields with technology. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Wisconsin, and has published over 60 academic papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings across diverse fields, including computer science, psychology, data science, educational technology, human systems engineering, and informatics.