Tracing the microstructure of sensemaking

Citation

Takayama, L.; Card, S. K. Tracing the microstructure of sensemaking. Sensemaking Workshop @ CHI 2008; 2008 April 6; Florence, Italy.

Abstract

Existing models of sensemaking describe high-level processes and abstract trends. We present low-level, empirically driven analyses of actual sensemaking behavior in both junior and senior intelligence analysts, offering insights from such low-level analyses and comparisons.


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