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Lines, Blobs, Crosses and Arrows: Diagrammatic Communication with Schematic Figures

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Theory and Application of Diagrams (Diagrams 2000)

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In producing diagrams for a variety of contexts, people use a small set of schematic figures to convey certain context specific concepts, where the forms themselves suggest meanings. These same schematic figures are interpreted appropriately in context. Three examples will support these conclusions: lines, crosses, and blobs in sketch maps; bars and lines in graphs; and arrows in diagrams of complex systems.

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  1. Stanford University, USA

    Barbara Tversky, Paul Lee & Julie Heiser

  2. Washington University at St. Louis, USA

    Jeff Zacks

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Hartford, Dana Hall 230, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, Connecticut, 06117, USA

    Michael Anderson

  2. School of Psychology ESRC Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK

    Peter Cheng

  3. Computer Science Department, University of Hamburg, Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30, 22527, Hamburg, Germany

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Tversky, B., Zacks, J., Lee, P., Heiser, J. (2000). Lines, Blobs, Crosses and Arrows: Diagrammatic Communication with Schematic Figures. In: Anderson, M., Cheng, P., Haarslev, V. (eds) Theory and Application of Diagrams. Diagrams 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1889. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44590-0_21

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