• DocumentCode
    2590258
  • Title

    Document design and recent theories about the brain

  • Author

    Yee, Carole

  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    12-14 Sept. 1990
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    Recent theories about the brain have changed one´s picture of how the brain works. The right brain/left brain dichotomy theory of the 1960s and 1970s is being replaced by a more complex model. It is noted that one of those models, the modular mind theory of R. Jackendoff (1989), a linguist, has important applications for document design in technical communication because his theory could lead to a general theory of document design.<>
  • Keywords
    brain models; system documentation; technical presentation; document design; modular mind theory; right brain/left brain dichotomy; technical communication; Brain modeling; Chaos; Desktop publishing; Graphics; Humans; Process control; Professional communication; Psychology; Rhetoric; Solids;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Professional Communication Conference, 1990. IPCC 90. Communication Across the Sea: North American and European Practices, International
  • Conference_Location
    Guildford, UK
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.1990.111165
  • Filename
    111165