?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Natural+Visualizations&rft.creator=Haroz%2C+Steve&rft.creator=Ma%2C+Dr.+Kwan-Liu&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.description=This+paper+demonstrates+the+prevalence+of+a+shared+characteristic+between+visualizations+and+images+of+nature.+We+have+analyzed+visualization+competitions+and+user+studies+of+visualizations+and+found+that+the+more+preferred%2C+better+performing+visualizations+exhibit+more+natural+characteristics.+Due+to+our+brain+being+wired+to+perceive+natural+images+%5BSO01%5D%2C+testing+a+visualization+for+properties+similar+to+those+of+natural+images+can+help+show+how+well+our+brain+is+capable+of+absorbing+the+data.+In+turn%2C+a+metric+that+finds+a+visualization%E2%80%99s+similarity+to+a+natural+image+may+help+determine+the+effectiveness+of+that+visualization.+We+have+found+that+the+results+of+comparing+the+sizes+and+distribution+of+the+objects+in+a+visualization+with+those+of+natural+standards+strongly+correlate+to+one%E2%80%99s+preference+of+that+visualization.&rft.publisher=Eurographics+Association&rft.contributor=Santos%2C+Beatriz+Sousa&rft.contributor=Ertl%2C+Thomas&rft.contributor=Joy%2C+Ken&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6376%2F1%2FNaturalVisualizations.pdf&rft.identifier=++Haroz%2C+Steve+and+Ma%2C+Dr.+Kwan-Liu++(2006)+Natural+Visualizations.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6376%2F