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cognitive friction

the mental resistance, effort, or difficulty a user experiences when interacting with a system or interface to achieve a goal
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cognitive friction

Summary

cognitive friction is a friction[1]. It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • cognitive friction's image is recorded as Infographic - Cognitive Load Theory.png[3].
  • cognitive friction's instance of is recorded as friction[4].
  • cognitive friction's subclass of is recorded as usability[5].
  • cognitive friction's subclass of is recorded as human–computer interaction[6].
  • cognitive friction's subclass of is recorded as user experience[7].
  • cognitive friction's subclass of is recorded as cognitive load[8].
  • cognitive friction's opposite of is recorded as fluid flow[9].
  • cognitive friction's opposite of is recorded as usability[10].

Why It Matters

cognitive friction is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

human–computer interaction

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . openaccess-api.cms-conferences.org. openaccess-api.cms-conferences.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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