cognitive-foundations

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Cognitive Foundations

The science of how minds work, and what that means for design.

When to Use This Skill

  • Explaining why a design works or fails (grounded in research, not opinion)
  • Evaluating cognitive load or working memory demands
  • Predicting user performance (Fitts, Hick-Hyman)
  • Diagnosing mental model misalignment
  • Justifying design decisions to stakeholders with evidence
  • Understanding attention, perception, or memory failures

Output Contracts

For Single-Principle Analysis

## Cognitive Principle: [Name]
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