This document provides an introduction to the fundamentals of data visualization. It begins with an overview of vision and the brain, covering topics like visual biology, visual processing, and how the brain interprets different visual cues. The document then outlines several subsequent chapters that will discuss principles of color, toolkits for visualization, storytelling with data, and libraries of visualization types. It includes various images and cites sources to support the overview of visual concepts.
47. Image from Colin Ware
Where Pathway
Color blind
Fast
Low acuity
High contrast sensitivity
Motion perception
Depth perception
Spatial organization
Figure/ground separation
48. Image from Colin Ware
What Pathway
Color selective
slow
high acuity
Low contrast sensitivity
Object recognition
Face recognition
Color perception