InfoVis
Information Visualization (InfoVis) is the study and practice of visual representations of abstract data to reinforce human cognition.
37 topics found for
“visual cognition”
Visual Depiction Effect
A phenomenon where people better understand and remember information when it is presented visually.
Picture Superiority Effect
The tendency for images to be more easily remembered than words, highlighting the power of visual communication.
Boundary Extension
A cognitive bias where people remember scenes as being more expansive than they actually were.
Reification
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology describing the mind's ability to fill in gaps to create a whole object from incomplete elements.
Gestalt Theory
A set of principles describing how the human mind organizes visual information into meaningful wholes.
Iconic Memory
A type of sensory memory that briefly holds visual information for a fraction of a second.
Multistability
A key aspect of Gestalt psychology that explains the tendency for ambiguous images to pop back and forth unstably between alternative interpretations in the mind.
Repetition Blindness
A phenomenon where people fail to recognize a repeated item in a visual sequence, impacting information processing and perception.