Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Self-Insight
- The capacity to accurately understand one's own emotions, motivations, strengths, and patterns of thought and behaviour. Self-insight is a core outcome of therapy, journaling, and reflective practice, and is associated with improved emotion regulation, life satisfaction, and…
- Self-Reflection(also: Reflective Practice)
- The deliberate process of examining one's own thoughts, feelings, actions, and experiences to gain insight, adjust behaviour, or support personal growth. Self-reflection is central to therapeutic models (cognitive-behavioural therapy, mindfulness, reminiscence therapy),…
- Semantic Network(also: Semantic Web, Associative Network)
- A knowledge representation structure in which concepts are represented as nodes and the relationships between them as links or edges. In accessibility and AAC contexts, semantic networks model how words and concepts are associated in the human mind, enabling vocabulary tools to…
- Sensemaking(also: Sense-making)
- The cognitive and social process of giving structure to ambiguous, incomplete, or unfamiliar information so that one can act on it. In HCI and information science, sensemaking is studied as iterative cycles of foraging for information, building mental representations, testing…
- Sensory-Motor Processing(also: Sensorimotor Processing, Sensorimotor Integration)
- Sensory-motor processing refers to the brain's ability to receive sensory input (visual, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive) and coordinate appropriate motor responses. This includes fine motor control for tasks like typing and mouse manipulation, as well as the integration of…
- Shared Visual Attention(also: Collective Visual Attention, Visual Joint Attention)
- A core feature of Deaf-centred interaction in which all participants coordinate their gaze, body orientation, and signing space so everyone can see the current signer, referenced content, and each other. Shared visual attention is foundational to Deaf pedagogy and DeafSpace…
- Situation Awareness(also: SA, Situational Awareness)
- The perception and understanding of one's current environment, including the identification of relevant elements, comprehension of their meaning, and projection of their future status. In accessibility and assistive technology contexts, situation awareness refers to systems that…
- Spatial Reasoning
- The cognitive process of understanding where objects are, how they are oriented, and how they relate to each other in three-dimensional space. Spatial reasoning is central to tasks like assembling products, navigating environments, reading diagrams, and manipulating tools. Blind…
- Speech Prosodics(also: Prosodic Features, Suprasegmental Features)
- Speech prosodics refers to the nonverbal acoustic features of speech that convey meaning beyond the words themselves, including pitch (fundamental frequency), rhythm, stress, intonation patterns, pausing, and speaking rate. In accessibility research, prosodic analysis serves as…
- Stimulation Seeking(also: Sensation Seeking, Novelty Seeking)
- A behavioral tendency common in people with ADHD to actively seek out novel, exciting, or highly engaging stimuli. This trait is linked to differences in dopamine regulation in the ADHD brain. In digital environments, stimulation seeking can make users particularly drawn to…
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