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A quick reminder before you depart for an extended weekend that STS is
co-sponsoring a CMS colloquium next Thursday, November 29th, from
5:00-7:00 p.m. Mark your calendars and plan to attend!<br><br>
<div align="center"><font size=4><b>"Maps, Mental Models And
Applications" <br><br>
</font> <font size=4>Leon Trilling, Michael Stiefel, and Wesley
Harris<br><br>
MIT, 2-105<br><br>
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Abstract<br>
Communication, whether in human conversation, a scientific experiment or
a work of art, is an intermediary between the originator and the
recipient's mental model. People make mental models not just because they
are useful; they make them because that is the way people think. These
models are often implicit, and are always incomplete. Our seminar will be
devoted to discussing the evidence that humans think this way, how
artifacts extend the range of mental models, and the implications in
diverse areas such as engineering, cultural understanding and the
arts.<br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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