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    • Information Visualization
    • Human-Computer Interaction

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    • Individual differences in cognitive abilities affect information visualization interactions.
    • User needs and abilities, influenced by background, systematically impact cognitive performance with visuals.
    • Domain-specific visualization and cognition research highlights the need to understand user backgrounds.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate how domain (academic/professional background) and spatial visualization ability jointly influence performance on information visualization tasks.
    • To determine if educational background in fields like business, law, political science, or math/computer science affects cognitive performance in data visualization.

    Main Methods:

    • An online study involving 90 participants from diverse educational and professional domains.
    • Assessment of spatial visualization ability using a psychometric test.
    • Evaluation of performance on bar chart tasks with data rotated along Cartesian and polar coordinates.

    Main Results:

    • Participant accuracy and response times varied significantly across different domains and task difficulties.
    • Higher spatial visualization ability correlated positively with task accuracy and speed.
    • Tertiary education in math and computer science was associated with higher spatial visualization ability.
    • Motivational differences between domains potentially contributed to variations in accuracy.

    Conclusions:

    • Discipline and educational background influence not only user needs and interactions with data visualization but also underlying cognitive traits.
    • Findings support the development of more inclusive data visualization design practices.
    • This research contributes to domain-specific visual cognition, enabling designers to create more effective visualizations across disciplines.