[Sci-tech-public] November 29th CMS/STS Colloquium

[Debbie Meinbresse]

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!

"Maps, Mental Models And Applications"

  Leon Trilling, Michael Stiefel, and Wesley Harris

MIT, 2-105


Abstract
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.



Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390
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