The effects of spatial layout and view control on cognitive processing

Authors:
Eric D. Ragan;Alex Endert;Doug A. Bowman;Francis Quek
Affiliations:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA;Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA
Venue:
CHI '11 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

This study explores how spatial layout and view control impact learning. We performed a controlled experiment using a learning activity involving memory and comprehension of a visually represented story. We present our preliminary results comparing performance between a slideshow-type presentation on a single monitor and a spatially distributed presentation among multiple monitors, and method of view control (automatic and interactive). With the distributed layout, participants maintained better memory of the associated locations where information was presented. However, performance scores were significantly better for the slideshow presentation than for the distributed layout for the learning task.