Cluttered centres: Interaction between eccentricity and clutter in attracting visual attention of readers of a 16th century map
- 1 September 2017
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 000433-000438
Abstract
The study of the history of cognitive processes is essential to understand the co-evolution of humans and artefacts. In the current pioneer eye tracking experiment we used a complex and colorful early map as stimulus. We analyzed eye movements of 28 novice map readers. Our results suggests interaction between bottom-up (i.e. visual clutter) and top-down (eccentricity) cognitive processes in viewing patterns. These research findings represent a novel direction in studying the history of cognitive data visualizations and could be considered in directing contemporary design of user interfaces.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cartography Without ‘Progress’: Reinterpreting the Nature and Historical Development of Map Making2011
- Cognitively Inspired and Perceptually Salient Graphic Displays for Efficient Spatial Inference MakingAnnals of the American Association of Geographers, 2010
- Feature congestion2005
- ENVISIONING INFORMATIONOptometry and Vision Science, 1991