Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Jakob's Law(also: Jakobs Law, Law of Familiarity)
- A usability heuristic coined by Jakob Nielsen stating that users spend most of their time on other sites and expect your site to work like the ones they already know. Accessibility implication: novel interaction patterns impose higher cognitive load than familiar ones, so…
- Joint Attention(also: Shared Attention)
- The shared focus of two or more individuals on the same object or event, typically involving one person directing another's attention through gaze, gesture, or verbal cues. Joint attention is a foundational social-cognitive skill that develops in early childhood and is often…
- Joint Awareness
- Joint awareness is a shared understanding between two or more people about a condition, situation, or state - for example, a child's sensory triggers known to both the child and their parent, or a chronic illness state visible to a patient and their caregiver. It contrasts with…
- Joint attention(also: Shared attention)
- The shared focus of two or more individuals on the same object or event, typically established through gaze, pointing, or other communicative cues. Joint attention is a foundational social-cognitive skill that develops in early childhood and is often impaired in individuals with…
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