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PAPERS: Neurodivergent Groups - Adults and Children Location: 50 George Square, G.04 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/george-square-50 Session Chair: Yumei Dong, Jiangnan University Session Chair: Abdusselam Cifter, Brunel University of London | |
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Design Methods as Cognitive Tools: Understanding Method Usage through Cognitive Theories Aalto Design Factory, Aalto University, Finland While design methods are a crucial aspect of design research, education, and practice, our understanding of how they work and what shapes their performance remains limited. To address this, this paper reports on a theory-building effort, outlining core aspects of the phenomenon of method usage in design. Following recent calls for grounding design research in cognitive science, it frames method usage as a cognitive process and integrates cognitive load theory and dual-process theory to describe central relationships between the design method, the method user, and the context of usage. The paper concludes by highlighting that method performance emerges from these interactions and by reminding us that design methods themselves do not perform—the method user do. Consequently, method performance should not only be assessed based on output, but its ability to foster effective design practices in the method user. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.529
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