[IxDA Discuss] Affordances (was Re: iPhone Keynote)

[pauric]

Mark Said "In short, the brain stores and reassembles images, not words."

I'm not sure this is strictly true Mark, given the eight general types
of intelligence Visual/Spatial, Logical/Mathematical, Linguistic, Interpersonal,
Intrapersonal,  Musical, Bodily kinesthetic  and Spiritual
(Naturalist)...

I would say my brain, what there is off it, does a little processing
on any possible affordances available based on the context.  If I'm in
a Kinesthetic interaction then it is true that I'm likely not to
bother reading signs, e.g [Push] beside a handle when the 'handle'
tells me 'pull' from my Kinetic memory.

However, if a different example; if I'm responding to design
discussion with an engineer I will tend to rely on my linguistic
processes to recall specifications/user defs/case studies, etc when
putting an argument together (as well as some interpersonal
reasoning).  I dont feel like I'm using much in the way of images when
scanning my memory for references within documents.  Similarly, in a
room full of people I do not reach for my phone when one rings,
because it doesnt sound like mine.

In short, and I'm happy to be corrected by someone who's studied this,
I think the brain will utilize one of the eight intelligences based on
context.  Its not always visual.

regards - pauric
> On 1/16/07, Mark Schraad <mschraad at mac.com> wrote:
> > In short, the brain stores and reassembles images, not words.
>


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