Background Effective risk communication is essential for informed decision making.
Unfortunately, many people struggle to understand typical risk communications because …

This paper reviews cognitive science perspectives on the design of visual‐spatial displays
and introduces the other papers in this topic. It begins by classifying different types of visual …

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine interaction …

Perception of health risk can affect medical decisions and health behavior change. Yet the
concept of risk is a difficult one for the public to grasp. Whether perceptions of risk affect …

Informed decision making requires that people understand health risks. Unfortunately, many
people are not risk literate and are biased by common risk communication practices. In this …

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all
aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the …

This paper 1) provides reasons why graphics should be effective aids to communicate risk;
2) reviews the use of visuals, especially graphical displays, to communicate risk; 3) …

Information processing lies at the heart of human performance. This chapter describe the
characteristics of the different important stages of information processing, from perception of …

Is the death penalty a more effective deterrent than lengthy prison sentences? Does a
judge's gender influence their decisions? Do independent judiciaries promote economic …

Statisticians recommend graphical displays but often use tables to present their own
research results. Could graphs do better? We study the question by going through the tables …