Toward measuring program comprehension with functional magnetic resonance imaging
Abstract
Program comprehension is an often evaluated, internal cognitive process. In neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is used to visualize such internal cognitive processes. We propose an experimental design to measure program comprehension based on fMRI. In the long run, we hope to answer questions like What distinguishes good programmers from bad programmers? or What makes a good programmer?
BibTeX
@inproceedings{Siegmund-al:FSE12,
author = {Janet Siegmund and
Andr{\'{e}} Brechmann and
Sven Apel and
Christian K{\"{a}}stner and
J{\"{o}}rg Liebig and
Thomas Leich and
Gunter Saake},
title = {Toward measuring program comprehension with functional magnetic resonance imaging},
booktitle = {FSE},
pages = {24},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2012},
}