Future Convergences: Technical Communication Research as Cognitive Science

Nathaniel A. Rivers UCLouvain Saint-Louis Brussels

Abstract

Cognitive scientist Andy Clark (2008 Clark , A. ( 2008 ). Supersizing the mind: Embodiment, action, and cognitive extension . New York : Oxford University Press .[Crossref] , [Google Scholar]) has argued, “the study of mind might … need to embrace a variety of different explanatory paradigms whose point of convergence lies in the production of intelligent behavior” (p. 95). This article offers technical communication research as such a paradigm and describes technical communication research past and present to argue that our disciplinary knowledge of tools, work environments, and performance assessment is a necessary complement to a more robust science of the mind.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2011-10-01
DOI
10.1080/10572252.2011.591650
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  1. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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  3. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
  4. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  5. Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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