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Why is a raven like a writing desk?: lessons in interface consistency and analogical reasoning from two cognitive architectures

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John Rieman,

Clayton Lewis,

Richard M. Young,

Peter G. PolsonAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '94: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 438 - 444

https://doi.org/10.1145/191666.191816

Published: 24 April 1994 Publication History

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1. Computing methodologies
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April 1994

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ISBN:0897916506

DOI:10.1145/191666

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Rutgers Univ.
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Susan Dumais
Bellcore
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Judith Olson
Univ. of Michigan

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