Information Processing and Management: an International Journal
Interaction in information retrieval: selection and effectiveness of search terms
Journal of the American Society for Information Science
Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue on Information Seeking In Context (ISIC)
Information seeking and mediated searching. Part 2: uncertainty and its correlates
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Part I: Information seeking research
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Special issue: Part II: Information seeking research
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Human information behavior: Integrating diverse approaches and information use
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Theories of Information Behavior (Asist Monograph)
Theories of Information Behavior (Asist Monograph)
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The Turn: Integration of Information Seeking and Retrieval in Context
The Turn: Integration of Information Seeking and Retrieval in Context
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The article analyzes user-IR system interaction from the broad, socio-cognitive perspective of lessons we can learn about human brain evolution when we compare the Neanderthal brain to the human brain before and after a small human brain mutation is hypothesized to have occurred 35,000-75,000 years ago. The enhanced working memory mutation enabled modern humans (i) to decode unfamiliar environmental stimuli with greater focusing power on adaptive solutions to environmental changes and problems, and (ii) to encode environmental stimuli in more efficient, generative knowledge structures. A sociological theory of these evolving, more efficient encoding knowledge structures is given. These new knowledge structures instilled in humans not only the ability to adapt to and survive novelty and/or changing conditions in the environment, but they also instilled an imperative to do so. Present day IR systems ignore the encoding imperative in their design framework. To correct for this lacuna, we propose the evolutionary-based socio-cognitive framework model for designing interactive IR systems. A case study is given to illustrate the functioning of the model.