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Cognitive Processing of Information Visualization

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Congitive processing; Information visualization

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Information visualization is the use of computer supported, interactive, visual representations of abstract data to amplify cognition (Card et al. 1999).

Introduction

Information visualizations turn raw data into information and enable researchers to gain insight from the data. Understanding how viewers interpret different types of visual information contributes to the creation of effective and intuitive visualizations. This paper introduces the cognitive processing of visualizations from the angles of pre-attentive processing, visual working memory, cognitive load, and sensemaking. The hope is that this will provide readers enough of an understanding of visualization through visual perception and cognition theories and methods. We presented two case studies that illustrated how cognitive theories inform and impact our research.

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Guo, C., Wei, S., Chen, Y. (2018). Cognitive Processing of Information Visualization. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_95-1

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