A comparison of the performance on extrinsic and intrinsic
cartographic visualizations through correctness, response time
and cognitive processing

J 2021

A comparison of the performance on extrinsic and intrinsic cartographic visualizations through correctness, response time and cognitive processing

ŠAŠINKA, Čeněk, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Jiří ČENĚK, Alžběta ŠAŠINKOVÁ, Stanislav POPELKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

A comparison of the performance on extrinsic and intrinsic cartographic visualizations through correctness, response time and cognitive processing

Authors

ŠAŠINKA, Čeněk (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk STACHOŇ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří ČENĚK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Alžběta ŠAŠINKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Stanislav POPELKA (203 Czech Republic), Pavel UGWITZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and David LACKO (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

PLoS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2021, 1932-6203

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50103 Cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.752

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00118924

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250164

UT WoS

000644133400014

Keywords in English

cognitive psychology; cognitive cartography; visualisation; perception; information processing; eye movement

Abstract

V originále

The aim of this study was to compare the performance of two bivariate visualizations by measuring response correctness (error rate) and response time, and to identify the differences in cognitive processes involved in map-reading tasks by using eye-tracking methods. The present study is based on our previous research and the hypothesis that the use of different visualization methods may lead to significant cognitive-processing differences. We applied extrinsic and intrinsic visualizations in the study. Participants in the experiment were presented maps which depicted two variables (soil moisture and soil depth) and asked to identify the areas which displayed either a single condition (e.g., “find an area with low soil depth”) or both conditions (e.g., “find an area with high soil moisture and low soil depth”). The research sample was composed of 31 social sciences and humanities university students. The experiment was performed under laboratory conditions, and Hypothesis software was used for data collection. Eye-tracking data were collected for 23 of the participants. An SMI RED-m eye-tracker was used to determine whether either of the two visualization methods was more efficient for solving the given map-reading tasks. Our results showed that with the intrinsic visualization method, the participants spent significantly more time with the map legend. This result suggests that extrinsic and intrinsic visualizations induce different cognitive processes. The intrinsic method was observed to generally require more time and led to higher error rates. In summary, the extrinsic method was found to be more efficient than the intrinsic method, although the difference was less pronounced in the tasks which contained two variables, which proved to be better suited to intrinsic visualization.

Links

GC19-09265J, research and development project

Name: Vliv sociokulturních faktorů a písma na percepci a kognici komplexních zrakových podnětů (Acronym: ISOVIS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

ŠAŠINKA, Čeněk, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Jiří ČENĚK, Alžběta ŠAŠINKOVÁ, Stanislav POPELKA, Pavel UGWITZ and David LACKO. A comparison of the performance on extrinsic and intrinsic cartographic visualizations through correctness, response time and cognitive processing. PLoS ONE. Public Library of Science, 2021, vol. 16, No 4, p. 1-23. ISSN 1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250164.

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ŠAŠINKA, Čeněk, Zdeněk STACHOŇ, Jiří ČENĚK, Alžběta ŠAŠINKOVÁ, Stanislav POPELKA, Pavel UGWITZ and David LACKO. A comparison of the performance on extrinsic and intrinsic cartographic visualizations through correctness, response time and cognitive processing. \textit{PLoS ONE}. Public Library of Science, 2021, vol.~16, No~4, p.~1-23. ISSN~1932-6203. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250164.

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