Despite the growth and interest in information processing research, understanding the supporting role of information systems (IS) has been limited. While cognitive processing of information has been examined in learning environments with traditional learning tasks, the investigation of cognitive load within complex simulated IS learning environments has received less attention. Traditional meas...

This paper considers prediction in language processing by examining the role of the visual context, and specifically, the role of speaker referent gaze on cognitive load. We inspect the anticipatory visual attention during sentence processing together with the cognitive load induced at the points of the gaze cue, and the linguistic referent. Employing a novel measurement of cognitive load the I...

With increasing popularity of web based learning, it is required to design the web layout to reduce cognitive load. Cognitive load theory is widely used to predict the effectiveness of the web based and multimedia learning. The cognitive load induced by instructional and multimedia modes are measured by indirect or subjective methods. Questionnaires are one common form of measuring cognitive lo...

The search task and the system both affect the demand on cognitive resources during information search. In some situations the demands may become too high for a person. This article has a three-fold goal. First, it presents and critiques methods to measure cognitive load. Second, it explores the distribution of load across search task stages. Finally, it seeks to improve our understanding of fa...