This paper reviews cognitive science perspectives on the design of visual‐spatial displays
and introduces the other papers in this topic. It begins by classifying different types of visual …

We live in a contemporary society surrounded by visuals, which, along with software options
and electronic distribution, has created an increased importance on effective scientific …

Understanding perception is critical to effective visualization design. With its low cost and
scalability, crowdsourcing presents an attractive option for evaluating the large design space …

Graphics have been used since ancient times to portray things that are inherently
spatiovisual, like maps and building plans. More recently, graphics have been used to …

Good science depends upon clear communication. For that reason, many computer
scientists keep works such as Fowler's Modern English Usage and Strunk and White's The …

Abstract The Grammar of Graphics, or GOG, denotes a system with seven orthogonal
components. By orthogonal, we mean there are seven graphical component sets whose …

Visualizations of tabular data are widely used; understanding their effectiveness in different
task and data contexts is fundamental to scaling their impact. However, little is known about …

Background. Visual displays are often used to communicate important medical information
to patients. However, even the simplest graphs are not understood by everyone. Objective …

This paper 1) provides reasons why graphics should be effective aids to communicate risk;
2) reviews the use of visuals, especially graphical displays, to communicate risk; 3) …

This review describes recent experimental and focus group research on graphics as a
method of communication about quantitative health risks. Some of the studies discussed in …