Reading information graphics: The Role of Spatial Proximity and Dual Attentional Guidance.
Holsanova, Jana LU
; Holmqvist, Kenneth
LU
and Holmberg, Nils
LU
(2009)
In Applied Cognitive Psychology
23.
p.1215-1226
- Abstract
- In a naturalistic newspaper reading study, two pairs of information graphics have been designed to study the effects of a) the spatial contiguity principle and b) the dual scripting principle by means of eye tracking measurements. Our data clearly show that different spatial layouts have a significant effect on readers’ eye movement behaviour. An integrated format with spatial contiguity between text and illustrations facilitates integration. Reading of information graphics is moreover significantly enhanced by a serial format, resulting from dual attentional guidance. The dual scripting principle is associated with a bottom-up guidance through the spatial layout of the presentation, suggesting a specific reading path, and with a top-down... (More)
- In a naturalistic newspaper reading study, two pairs of information graphics have been designed to study the effects of a) the spatial contiguity principle and b) the dual scripting principle by means of eye tracking measurements. Our data clearly show that different spatial layouts have a significant effect on readers’ eye movement behaviour. An integrated format with spatial contiguity between text and illustrations facilitates integration. Reading of information graphics is moreover significantly enhanced by a serial format, resulting from dual attentional guidance. The dual scripting principle is associated with a bottom-up guidance through the spatial layout of the presentation, suggesting a specific reading path, and with a top-down guidance through the conceptual pre-processing of the contents, facilitating information processing and semantic integration of the material. The integrated and serial formats not only attract readers’ initial attention, but also sustain the readers’ interest, thereby promoting a longer and deeper processing of the complex material. The results are an important contribution to the study of the cognitive processes involved in text-picture integration and offer relevant insights about attentional guidance in printed media, computer-based instructional materials, and textbook design. (Less)
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- author
- Holsanova, Jana
LU
; Holmqvist, Kenneth
LU
and Holmberg, Nils
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2009
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- instructional materials, printed media, reading time, reading order, text-picture integration, attentional guidance, cognitive load, eye tracking, multimedia learning theory, design, textbook design, information graphics, reading
- in
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
- volume
- 23
- pages
- 1215 - 1226
- publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:70449356948
- wos:000282034700002
- ISSN
- 0888-4080
- DOI
- 10.1002/acp.1525
- language
- English
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