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Research and Advances Apr 1 2022

Technical Perspective: Exploring Cognitive Bias ‘In the Wild’

The authors of "Cognitive Biases in Software Development" rightly highlight the need for situated studies that examine cognitive bias 'in the wild' during software development activity.

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Opinion Jan 1 2015

Wearables: Has the Age of Smartwatches Finally Arrived?

Time will tell if smartwatches will find their niche.

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Research and Advances Jun 1 1995

Why looking isn’t always seeing: readership skills and graphical programming

Many believe that visual programming techniques are quite close to developers. This article reports on some fascinating research focusing on understanding how textual and visual representations for software differ in effectiveness. Among other things, it is determined that the differences lie not so much in the textual-visual distinction as in the degree to which specific representations support the conventions experts expect.

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