Maintaining concentration to achieve task completion
| Title | Maintaining concentration to achieve task completion |
| Publication Type | Conference Papers |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Shneiderman B, Bederson BB |
| Conference Name | Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Designing for User eXperience |
| Date Published | 2005/// |
| Publisher | AIGA: American Institute of Graphic Arts |
| Conference Location | New York, NY, USA |
| ISBN Number | 1-59593-250-X |
| Keywords | avoid interruption, calm, flow, focus, goal attainment, interface design, maintain concentration, situation awareness, task completion |
| Abstract | When faced with a challenging goal, knowledge workers need to concentrate on their tasks so that they move forward toward completion. Since frustrations, distractions, and interruptions can interfere with their smooth progress, design strategies should enable users to maintain concentration. This paper promotes awareness of this issue, reviews related work, and suggests three initial strategies: Reduce short-term and working memory load, provide information abundant interfaces, and increase automaticity. |
| URL | http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1138235.1138246 |