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Individual Differences and Translational Science in the Design of Human-Centered Visualizations

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In this chapter, we discuss a research framework borrowed from medicine, called translational science, and how it may be used to develop more useful research protocols for the study of user interface cognition and visual analytical reasoning. Translational science incorporates laboratory research, field studies, and other empirical protocols into a holistic research program which ambitiously incorporates the study of individual and collaborative cognition in a longitudinal and/or ethnographic approach to interactive visualization research and design. To introduce how translational science fits into human centric visualization design and evaluation, we discuss research methods it would employ. We also explore the unique variabilities that affect both the human-visualization interaction and visualization-mediated human to human collaboration through our reported research. These variabilities—or individual differences—complicate the study of user interface cognition and make a more holistic approach like translational science necessary. A current and on-going translational science program is described, and we discuss its unique challenges and contributions.

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Green, T.M., Arias-Hernandez, R., Fisher, B. (2014). Individual Differences and Translational Science in the Design of Human-Centered Visualizations. In: Huang, W. (eds) Handbook of Human Centric Visualization. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7485-2_4

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