Communicating and distorting risks with graphs: An eye-tracking study

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1723-1727

  Woller Carter, Margo M ^a   Okan, Yasmina ^b   Cokely, Edward T ^a,c   Garcia Retamero, Rocio ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ABILITY; COGNITIVE MECHANISMS; COMPLEX INFORMATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; ERROR RATE; EYE-TRACKING; GRAPH DESIGN; INFORMATION SEARCH; STRONG LINK;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ERRORS;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 84873482407     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181312561345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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