Cognitive Mapping

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Cognitive Mapping is a mapping method used to visualize a user’s mental model or how they preconceive an experience or process to be. It is a generalized term that includes all types of visual representations of mental models. 

Additional Resources:

+ Cognitive Mapping in User Research

+ Cognitive Maps, Mind Maps, and Concept Maps: Definitions

+ Design Process & Thinking: Cognitive Maps, Mind Maps, and Concept Maps

+ University of Glasgow: Cognitive Mapping

Source: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/cognitive-mind-concept/

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