08.1 – Visual Attention
Presenter
Brandon Tomm
What will be covered
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Guidance of attention
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Change blindness; inattentional blindness
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Complex preattentive properties that make
detection easier / more difficult
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Application to visual design
Presentation [notes]
Essays [Alpha]
[Bravo] [Charlie]
Readings
Ware, ch 5, section: Integral and
Separable Dimensions
Ware, ch 11, section: The Cognitive
System; Memory and Attention
RA Rensink (2011). The Management of Visual Attention in Graphic Displays. [pdf]
Palmer, section 11.2.4.
A MacEachren (1995). How Maps Work, pp 80-101. [pdf]
Findlater et al. (2009). Ephemeral Adaptation: The Use of Gradual Onset to Improve Menu
Selection Performance. [pdf]
S Wood et al. (2005). Attention Design: Eight Issues to Consider. [pdf]