Parallels between visual and textual processing

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 175-185

  Riley, Kathryn ^a,b   Parker, Frank ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c Parlay Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

Document design; Gestalt principles; Principles of visual perception; Reading processes

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; VISION;

DOCUMENT DESIGN; GESTALT PRINCIPLES; PRINCIPLES OF VISUAL PERCEPTION;

TECHNICAL WRITING;

EID: 0032162827     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.712351     Document Type: Article

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