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Visualizations are visual representations of non-visual data. They are produced for people to interact with and to make sense of the underlying data. Rapid advances in display technology and computer power have enabled researchers to produce visually appealing pictures. However, the effectiveness of those pictures in conveying the embedded information to end users has not been fully explored. Handbook of Human Centric Visualization addresses issues related to design, evaluation and application of visualizations. Topics include visualization theories, design principles, evaluation methods and metrics, human factors, interaction methods and case studies. This cutting-edge book includes contributions from well-established researchers worldwide, from diverse disciplines including psychology, visualization and human-computer interaction. This handbook is designed for a professional audience composed of practitioners, lecturers and researchers working in the field of computer graphics, visualization, human-computer interaction and psychology. Undergraduate and postgraduate students in science and engineering focused on this topic will also find this book useful as a comprehensive textbook or reference.

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Visual Communications
• Visualizing Thought / Barbara Tversky
• Gryphon: A 'Little' Domain-Specific Programming Language for Diffusion MRI Visualizations / Jian Chen, Haipeng Cai, Alexander P. Auchus and David H. Laidlaw
• Viewing Abstract Data as Maps / Emden R. Gansner, Yifan Hu and Stephen G. Kobourov
• Part II: Theory and Science
• Individual Differences and Translational Science in the Design of Human-Centered Visualizations / Tera Marie Green, Richard Arias-Hernandez and Brian Fisher
• Evaluating Visualization Environments: Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Perspectives / Christopher D. Hundhausen
• On the Prospects for a Science of Visualization / Ronald A. Rensink
• Part III: Principles, Guidelines and Recommendations
• Toward a Better Understanding and Application of the Principles of Visual Communication / Juhee Bae and Benjamin Watson
• Pep Up Your Time Machine: Recommendations for the Design of Information Visualizations of Time-Dependent Data / Simone Kriglstein, Margit Pohl and Michael Smuc
• Using Textbook Illustrations to Extract Design Principles for Algorithm Visualizations / J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide
• Part IV: Methods
• Conceptual Design for Sensemaking / Ann Blandford, Sarah Faisal and Simon Attfield
• An Introduction and Guide to Evaluation of Visualization Techniques Through User Studies / Camilla Forsell and Matthew Cooper
• User-Centered Evaluation of Information Visualization Techniques: Making the HCI-InfoVis Connection Explicit / Carla M.D.S. Freitas, Marcelo S. Pimenta and Dominique L. Scapin
• Eye Tracking on Visualizations: Progressive Extraction of Scanning Strategies / Joseph H. Goldberg and Jonathan I. Helfman
• Evaluating Overall Quality of Graph Visualizations Indirectly and Directly / Weidong Huang
• Visual Analysis of Eye Tracking Data / Michael Raschke, Tanja Blascheck and Michael Burch
• User Studies in Visualization: A Reflection on Methods / Melanie Tory /

• > Part V: Perception and Cognition
• On the Benefits and Drawbacks of Radial Diagrams / Michael Burch and Daniel Weiskopf
• Measuring Memories for Objects and Their Locations in Immersive Virtual Environments: The Subjective Component of Memorial Experience / Matthew Coxon and Katerina Mania
• Human-Centric Chronographics: Making Historical Time Memorable / Liliya Korallo, Stephen Boyd Davis, Nigel Foreman and Magnus Moar
• Visualizing Multiple Levels and Dimensions of Social Network Properties / Cathleen McGrath, Jim Blythe and David Krackhardt
• Part VI: Dynamic Visualization
• Adaptive Diagrams: A Research Agenda to Explore How Learners Can Manipulate Online Diagrams to Self-Manage Cognitive Load / Shirley Agostinho, Sharon Tindall-Ford and Sahar Bokosmaty
• Dynamic Visualisations and Motor Skills / Juan Cristobal Castro-Alonso, Paul Ayres and Fred Paas
• Dynamic Visualizations: A Two-Edged Sword? / Richard K. Lowe
• Simultaneous and Sequential Presentation of Realistic and Schematic Instructional Dynamic Visualizations / Michelle L. Nugteren, Huib K. Tabbers, Katharina Scheiter and Fred Paas
• How Do You Connect Moving Dots? Insights from User Studies on Dynamic Network Visualizations / Michael Smuc, Paolo Federico, Florian Windhager, Wolfgang Aigner, Lukas Zenk and Silvia Miksch
• Part VII: Interaction
• Interaction Taxonomy for Tracking of User Actions in Visual Analytics Applications / Tatiana von Landesberger, Sebastian Fiebig, Sebastian Bremm, Arjan Kuijper and Dieter W. Fellner
• Common Visualizations: Their Cognitive Utility / Paul Parsons, Kamran Sedig
• Distribution of Information Processing While Performing Complex Cognitive Activities with Visualization Tools / Paul Parsons and Kamran Sedig
• Human-Centered Interactivity of Visualization Tools: Micro- and Macro-level Considerations / Kamran Sedig, Paul Parsons, Mark Dittmer and Robert Haworth.

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Contributors:

Huang, Weidong, 1968- , editor

Eades, Peter

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English.

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Handbook of human centric visualization (ISBN 1461474841; ISBN 9781461474845)

Subjects:

Information visualization — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Human-computer interaction — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Information visualization

Human-computer interaction

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 20, 2013).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 743 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

TK7882.I6 H363 2013eb

ISBNs:

9781461474852 (electronic bk.)
146147485X (electronic bk.)
9781461474845 [Invalid]
1461474841 [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7485-2

OCLC Numbers:

857280085