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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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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 6; pp. 30 - 35
Main Authors: Siegmund, Janet, Peitek, Norman, Brechmann, André, Parnin, Chris, Apel, Sven
Format: Article
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Jun2020
Subjects:
Brain imaging
Computer programmers
Computer programming
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Cerebral hemispheres
Cognitive load
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.