A user study of visualization effectiveness using EEG and cognitive load

Computer Graphics Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 791-800

  Anderson, E W ^a   Potter, K C ^a   Matzen, L E ^b   Shepherd, J F ^b   Preston, G A ^c   Silva, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Utah State Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS); General Human Factors, Evaluation, Electroencephalography; I.3.3 Computer Graphics

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

BRAIN ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE LOADS; COGNITIVE RESOURCES; DATA DISTRIBUTION; DESCRIPTORS; EXPERT EVALUATION; I.3.3 [COMPUTER GRAPHICS]; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862068706     PISSN: 01677055     EISSN: 14678659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01928.x     Document Type: Article

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