From Cognitive Load to Cognitive Distance

118 pagesSource for 118 pagesReceipt118 pagesLength of the bookMethodPage count of the free online edition and PDF.Sourcebook.izaias.xyzChecked2026-10-03×, about 21,000 words, 13 chaptersSource for 13 chaptersReceipt13 chaptersChapters in the bookMethodCounted from the table of contents.Sourcebook.izaias.xyz/readChecked2026-10-03×, 66 cited worksSource for 66 cited worksReceipt66 cited worksReference listMethodCounted from the references page.Sourcebook.izaias.xyz/read/referencesChecked2026-10-03×. Self published. Free to read online and as a PDF; paperback and Kindle are coming soon.

Chapters

1. 01The Distance Problem
2. 02How Systems Drift Away From Human Thinking
3. 03Mental Models and the Architecture of Understanding
4. 04Usability Revisited
5. 05Accessibility and the Hidden Dimension of Cognitive Barriers
6. 06Measuring the Invisible
7. 07Design Assumptions and the Architecture of Misunderstanding
8. 08Designing for Alignment
9. 09AI and the Expanding Distance
10. 10Systems, Institutions, and the Distance Between People and Digital Power
11. 11A Practical Framework for Evaluating Cognitive Distance
12. 12Toward a New Paradigm in HCI
13. 13Closing the Distance

Cavalcanti, I. (2026). From Cognitive Load to Cognitive Distance: Reframing Usability and Accessibility in Information Systems. Retrieved from https://book.izaias.xyz

Cavalcanti, Izaias. From Cognitive Load to Cognitive Distance: Reframing Usability and Accessibility in Information Systems 2026, https://book.izaias.xyz.

Cavalcanti, Izaias. 2026. From Cognitive Load to Cognitive Distance: Reframing Usability and Accessibility in Information Systems. https://book.izaias.xyz.

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