Why a Diagram Is (Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Words¶
Larkin, J. H., & Simon, H. A. (1987). Why a Diagram Is (Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Words. Cognitive Science, 11(1), 65-100.
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- Representational Modality
- The choice of medium through which information is encoded and transmitted—visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or multimodal—fundamentally shapes what can be expressed, what is easily understood, and what actions become possible, as Larkin and Simon (1987) argued in their analysis of how informationally equivalent representations differ in computational efficiency.
This sourceFoundational analysis demonstrating that informationally equivalent diagrammatic and sentential representations differ sharply in computational efficiency; the medium of expression shapes what inferences are easy or hard.
- The choice of medium through which information is encoded and transmitted—visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or multimodal—fundamentally shapes what can be expressed, what is easily understood, and what actions become possible, as Larkin and Simon (1987) argued in their analysis of how informationally equivalent representations differ in computational efficiency.
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