Visual Interaction: A Link Between Perception and Problem Solving

The approach taken in this research is to develop a cognitive model of how a human observerr extracts dmcl-The information from a visual display and then uses this perceptual information in a decision-making task. Knowledge ~ e e about this relationship provides information about the occurrence of perceptual events in the course of problemsolving activities, and suggests that perceptual assistance in the form of image enhancements is a useful supplementt t d to the user's own abilities. i This i knowledge is then to be embedded in an intelligent i ent computerized assistant which ’ is designed to facilitate and I/timulate the human problemsolving process. e sti