A quick reminder before you depart for an extended weekend that STS
is co-sponsoring a CMS colloquium next Thursday, November 29th, from
5:00-7:00 p.m. Mark your calendars and plan to attend!
"Maps, Mental Models And Applications"
Leon Trilling, Michael Stiefel, and Wesley Harris
MIT, 2-105
Abstract
Communication, whether in human conversation, a scientific experiment
or a work of art, is an intermediary between the originator and the
recipient's mental model. People make mental models not just because
they are useful; they make them because that is the way people think.
These models are often implicit, and are always incomplete. Our
seminar will be devoted to discussing the evidence that humans think
this way, how artifacts extend the range of mental models, and the
implications in diverse areas such as engineering, cultural
understanding and the arts.
Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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