Each part of the system is doing what it does best. The computer can pre-process vast amounts of information. The human can do rapid pattern analysis and flexible decision making.

The chain reaction of cognition, one pattern of activation leading to the next, is what we

Visual thinking consists of a series of acts of attention, driving eye movements and tuning our pattern-finding circuits.

What many people refer to as “thought,” the kind of inner dialogue whereby people plan for the future and rehearse conversations with others, is mostly a form of internalized speech,

Computer-based cognitive tools are developing with great speed in human society, far faster than the human brain can evolve.

The most important and frequent visual queries should be supported with the most visually distinct objects.

designing for narrative is very different from designing for information seeking.

Negative affordances are as important as positive ones since they rule out whole classes of activity.

Indeed it is possible to think of intelligence in general as a collaboration of pattern-finding processors.♦