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Studying Programming in the Neuroage: Just a Crazy Idea? Programming research has entered the Neuroage.

The article focuses on program comprehension research. Whether neuroimaging is the answer to better understand the cognitive processes of programmers as they read and understand code is considered. The authors also discuss their first program comprehension study conducted with students, using a func...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 6; pp. 30 - 35
Autores principales: Siegmund, Janet, Peitek, Norman, Brechmann, André, Parnin, Chris, Apel, Sven
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery Jun2020
Materias:
Brain imaging
Computer programmers
Computer programming
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Cerebral hemispheres
Cognitive load
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
Sumario:The article focuses on program comprehension research. Whether neuroimaging is the answer to better understand the cognitive processes of programmers as they read and understand code is considered. The authors also discuss their first program comprehension study conducted with students, using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner, and mention topics including the brain's left hemisphere and cognitive load.