This site is about: (1) my professional self, (2) my research into cognition and (3) musings about the intersection of cognition and design.
Jason H. Wong
Basic cognitive research is a necessary component of successful user-centered design. Only through scientific thinking can we make technology intuitive and productive. My goal is to integrate basic research with useful applications.
Publications
Refereed Publications
- Wong, J. H., Thompson, J. C. & Peterson, M.S. (2008). Visual working memory capacity for objects from different categories: A face-specific maintenance effect. Cognition, 108(3), 719-731. (pdf)
- Peterson, M.S., Beck, M.R. & Wong, J. H. (2008). Were you paying attention to where you looked? The role of executive working memory in visual search. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 15(2), 372-377. (pdf)
- Wong, J. H., Peterson, M.S. & Hillstrom, A. P. (2007). Are changes in semantic and structural information sufficient for oculomotor capture? Journal of Vision, 7(12), 1-10. (pdf)
Non-Refereed Publications
- Wong, J. H. (2008). Book Review: Attention: From Theory to Practice. Ergonomics in Design, 16(1), 33. (pdf)
- Wong, J. H. (2005). Software Review: SynWin Version 1.2. Ergonomics in Design, 13(4), 30-32. (pdf)
Categories
- animal cognition (1)
- arch lab (2)
- attention (12)
- audition (1)
- automation (2)
- bad design (20)
- clutter (12)
- consciousness (1)
- data visualization (8)
- decision making (4)
- driving (8)
- eye movements (7)
- faces (2)
- good design (16)
- imagery (5)
- interruptions (5)
- language (2)
- marketing (4)
- memory (5)
- mental map (7)
- navigation (3)
- neuropsychology (2)
- neuroscience (6)
- perception (19)
- physical ergonomics (7)
- research (14)
- robots (3)
- social (1)
- teaching (1)
- thoughts (12)
- transfer of training (7)
- user testing (11)
- video games (9)
- visual search (3)
Blogroll
Cognitive Daily
- John McCain, risk, and anger
- Prius owners: Just like Mac owners but less attractive?
- Sex-ed in the real world: Do intentions affect actions in the heat of the moment?
- Toddlers play with impossibly small toys as if they're the real thing
- Operant conditioning at the NC Zoo
- Casual Fridays: Are Mac owners like Prius owners?
- A simple toy, and what it says about how we learn to mentally rotate objects
- Meet us at the North Carolina Zoo this Saturday -- ScienceBlogs will pay for your ticket!
- Even music played before or after a film character is shown affects our perception of their emotion
- Casual Fridays: Who's losing sleep over Michael Phelps? What about Sarah Palin?