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Evaluating Animation as a Mechanism for Maintaining Peripheral Awareness

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McCrickard, D. Scott
Stasko, John T.
Catrambone, Richard
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Animation is becoming increasingly used to communicate information within some limited viewing area. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness and the possible distractions of animation used in this way. This article describes an initial experiment exploring the information awareness and distraction capabilities of different styles of animation.
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2000
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