Cognitive Data Visualization—A New Field with a Long History

Tőrök, Zsolt Győző; Török, Ágoston

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-95996-2_3

Cited by 6 publications

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“…Cognitive data visualization refers to the area of multidisciplinary visualization research that aims to augment the capabilities of the human cognitive system [16]. Researchers in this field employ knowledge originating in cartography, statistics, neuroscience, and ergonomics to design visualizations that accelerate knowledge acquisition.…”

Section: Cognitive Data Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Defragmenting Research Areas with Knowledge Visualization and Visual Text Analytics

Benito-Santos

Therón

2020

Applied Sciences

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The increasing specialization of science is motivating the fragmentation of traditional and well-established research areas into interdisciplinary communities of practice that focus on cooperation between experts to solve problems in a wide range of domains. This is the case of problem-driven visualization research (PDVR), in which groups of scholars use visualization techniques in different application domains such as the digital humanities, bioinformatics, sports science, or computer security. In this paper, we employ the findings obtained during the development of a novel visual text analytics tool we built in previous studies, GlassViz, to automatically detect interesting knowledge associations and groups of common interests between these communities of practice. Our proposed method relies on the statistical modeling of author-assigned keywords to make its findings, which are demonstrated in two use cases. The results show that it is possible to propose interactive, semisupervised visual approaches that aim at defragmenting a body of research using text-based, automatic literature analysis methods.

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Section: Cognitive Data Visualizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Defragmenting Research Areas with Knowledge Visualization and Visual Text Analytics

Benito-Santos

Therón

2020

Applied Sciences

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“…In this way, how we are navigating to our pet's veterinarian may differ from how we are trying to find the best souvenir for our friends during a weekend trip in a new place. Furthermore, in many cases, we cannot rely on our internal cognitive representations about spaces, but we have been using external supporting aids since millennia (Török and Török, 2018). Starting with the first maps to modern days GPS -cognitive tools help us in orienting, wayfinding and navigating in space.…”

Section: Human Spatial Knowledge and Navigational Strategiesmentioning

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The Virtual Tourist: Cognitive Strategies and Differences in Navigation and Map Use While Exploring an Maginary City

Tőrök

Török

Tolgyesi

et al. 2018

Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> This paper, submitted for the Workshop/Theme session on Virtual & Augmented Reality: Technology, Design &amp; Human Factors, organized by ISPRS Working Group IV/9, explores the research field opened by experiments in virtual environments from multidisciplinary approach. At the recently established Cognitive Cartography Lab, Eötvös University, Budapest we designed an experiment to study and better understand the role of visuospatial displays in spatial cognition, in particular the cognitive conditions of navigation in an imaginary city with a map. Below we present some preliminary results based on our experiments recording the spatial behaviour of 62 subjects, including their verbal reactions and eye tracking data collected during the sessions. We measured the wayfinding behaviour of participants after an active or passive learning phase. The analysis of the accumulated data suggested no significant differences in the efficiency of spatial problem solving between the groups of subjects. For further investigation we found that &ndash; although salient visual cues grasped the attention of the participants &ndash; they could not benefit from this knowledge of landmarks in the actual navigational tasks. Despite the lack of group differences, the low number of getting lost in such complex, large-scale virtual environment suggests that participants could solve the navigational tasks rather efficiently, most probably due to using different cognitive strategies. The project was part of an educational development plan and was supported by the Student Talent Grant of Eötvös University. It was designed by a multidisciplinary research group including university students and offered them the opportunity to collaborate, cross disciplinary borders and develop their profile when contributing to front-line scientific research.</p>

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“…Humans have been using visuospatial displays, external cognitive tools since millennia [1]. Since ancient times we use maps as cognitive tools to visualize complex spaces, but only in the last centuries are maps routinely used to help everyday wayfinding and navigation in geographic space.…”

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Looking at the map – or navigating in a virtual city interaction of visuospatial display and spatial strategies in VR

Tőrök

Török

2018

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To study geo-visualization processes a Cognitive Cartography Lab was established at Eötvös University, and the "Virtual Tourist" experiment was designed for the better understanding of actual map use during navigation. In this paper we present some preliminary results of the experiment. We explored the use of a static, north-oriented city map during navigation in an interactive, 3D town. Participants explored the virtual environment or followed verbal instructions before they completed spatial tasks. Their spatial behavior, verbal reactions were recorded, and also eye tracking data from 64 participants was collected. The experiment was designed by a multidisciplinary research group, including students of Eötvös Loránd University.

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Cognitive Data Visualization—A New Field with a Long History

Cited by 6 publications

References 52 publications

Defragmenting Research Areas with Knowledge Visualization and Visual Text Analytics

Defragmenting Research Areas with Knowledge Visualization and Visual Text Analytics

The Virtual Tourist: Cognitive Strategies and Differences in Navigation and Map Use While Exploring an Maginary City

Looking at the map – or navigating in a virtual city interaction of visuospatial display and spatial strategies in VR

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