Method:  Protocol Analysis

We use protocol analysis as one of our methods to explore high-order cognitive processes.  We use Ericcson & Simon (1993) as our primary source, though we have our own methods as well.

Trickett, S. B. & Trafton, J. G. (in press). ``What if...'': The Use of Conceptual Simulations in Scientific Reasoning Cognitive Science.  PDF

Trickett, S. B., Trafton, J. G., Saner, L., & Schunn, C. D. (in press). ``I don't know what's going on there'': The Use of Spatial Transformations to Deal With and Resolve Uncertainty in Complex Visualizations. To appear in M. Lovett & Shah, P. (Eds.), Thinking with data.  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Trickett, S. B., Stitzlein, C. A., Saner, L., Schunn, C. D., & Kirschenbaum, S. S. (2006). The relationship between Spatial Transformations and Iconic Gestures Spatial Cognition and Computation. 6(1), 1-29. [Lead Article]  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Trickett, S. B., & Mintz, F. E. (2005). Connecting internal and external representations: Spatial transformations of scientific visualizations. Foundations of Science. 10(1), 89-106.  PDF

Bogacz, S., & Trafton, J. G. (2005). Understanding Dynamic and Static displays: Using Images to Reason Dynamically. Cognitive Systems Research. 6(4), 312-319.  PDF

Trickett, S. B., Schunn, C. D., & Trafton, J. G. (2004). Puzzles and Peculiarities: How Scientists Attend to and Process Anomalies During Data Analysis (2004). In M. E. Gorman, A. Kincannon, D. Gooding, & R. D. Tweney (Eds.), Spherical horses and shared toothbrushes: Recent developments in scientific and technological thinking.  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Altmann, E. M., Brock, D. P., & Mintz, F. E. (2003). Preparing to resume an interrupted task: Effects of prospective goal encoding and retrospective rehearsal. emph{International Journal of Human Computer Studies. emph{58(5), 582-602. [NRL Alan Berman Award Winner]  PDF

Trafton, J. G. & Trickett, S. B. (2001). Note-Taking for self-explanation and problem solving. Human Computer Interaction. 16(1), 1-38. [Lead Article]  PDF

Trafton, J. G., Kirschenbaum, S. S., Tsui, T. L., Miyamoto, R. T., Ballas, J. A., & Raymond, P. D. (2000). Turning Pictures into Numbers: Extracting and Generating Information from Complex Visualizations. International Journal of Human Computer Studies 53 (5), 827-850.  PDF

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Greg Trafton

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