Usability and the effects of interruption in C-TOC : self-administered cognitive testing on a computer

 mabrehme@microsoft.com  mattbrehmer.github.io  aka.ms/mabrehme  twitter/mattbrehmer  linkedin/matthewbrehmer  skype/matthewbrehmer  github/mattbrehmer  bl.ocks/mattbrehmer I am a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington, where I specialize in expressive information visualization design and data visualization for mobile devices. I am a member of the EPIC (Extended Perception, Interaction & Cognition) and Human Computer Interaction groups, and I am a liated with Microsoft's Data Journalism Program.

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