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Cognitive, physical, sensory, and functional affordances in interaction design

Rex Hartson Department of Computer Science-0106, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 315-338 | Published online: 08 Nov 2010

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