This is Your Brain on Data Visualization

"If you understand how people see stuff,?you can design better stuff...and therefore have a stronger impact," as I say in the interview with Tamara Munzner below.

That is an extremely simplified lesson on this topic. But I believe it is the core idea, when it comes to human visual perception for data visualization designers. Understand your audience, including how they perceive visual experiences, and you'll do a better job creating visuals for them!

Lesson: Human Visual Perception

In this lesson, I share the simplest way to leverage our understanding of how humans perceive visual experiences to create visualizations that have the best chance of having an impact on your audience.

Listen: Human Visual Perception with Tamara Munzner

In this thoughtful conversation, Tamara Munzner discusses how human visual perception influences data visualization work from a wide variety of angles. We even talk a bit about how we can translate data visualization and human perception research findings into practical applications so we can create better visualizations.

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