This paper reports findings from the first systematic review of protocol studies focusing
specifically on conceptual design cognition, aiming to answer the following research …

This paper presents the result of a comprehensive literature review on design protocol
studies. A total of 134 papers, including journal and conferences papers and PhD …

In this dynamic review and synthesis of empirical research and theoretical discussion of
design as cognitive activity, Willemien Visser reconciles and integrates the classical view of …

Background According to a growing body of research, many Latinas/os experience
dissonance between their everyday cultural practices and the cultural practices prevalent in …

Retrospective Think aloud (RTA) is a usability method that collects the verbalization of a
user's performance after the performance is over. There has been little work done to …

Understanding how designers think is core to advancing design methods, tools, and
outcomes. Engineering researchers have effectively turned to cognitive science approaches …

Co-evolutionary design has been developed as a computational model that assumes two
parallel search spaces: the problem space and the solution space. The design process …

Highlights•We address four key challenges to co-evolution: scale, context, direction,
emergence.•We propose a next generation theory in the cognitive co-evolution model.•Our …

Human behavior during earthquakes and post-earthquake evacuation is crucial to
earthquake safety. Understanding decision-making processes may explain why people …

The use of tangible user interfaces in new design environments promises to facilitate the
designers' interaction with the design model. In order to clarify the impact of tangible user …