The within-the-bar bias

A paper A day: Newman and Scholl discovered a cognitive asymmetry called the with-in-the-bar bias originated from the graphical asymmetry in the bar graph representation of mean.

November 14, 2023 · (updated November 15, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao

Perceptual proxies for extracting averages in data visualizations

A paper a day: Yuan et al showed that when comparing averages across multiple data points, viewers use surprisingly primitive perceptual cues: the hierarchy of precision for perceptual encodings of data doesn’t hold for comparison of averages of even pairs of data.

November 7, 2023 · (updated November 13, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao

Biased Average Position Estimates in Line and Bar Graphs

A paper a day: Xiong et al conducts experiments on estimating averages in line and bar graphs, in which they identified systematic perceptual biases.

November 4, 2023 · (updated November 12, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao

My Leetcode Journey

This post documents my journey wading through leetcode.

October 22, 2023 · (updated October 24, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao

Visualization x Psychology

This ariticle is intended for personal bookkeeping while I am exploring this new field.

August 10, 2023 · (updated November 15, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao

The Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics, Psychology, and Neuroscience

A Paper a Day: The Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics, Psychology, and Neuroscience: studies in literature, music, and visual arts by Noël Carroll, Margaret Moore, and William P. Seeley

July 7, 2023 · (updated October 2, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao

Toward a Science of Aesthetics

A Paper a Day: Toward a Science of Aesthetics by Arthur P. Shimamura

July 6, 2023 · (updated October 2, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao
The Birth of Dionysos (in MFA)

Shapes and Functions of the Lekythos

This paper investigates the ways ancient Greek associated the word (λήκυθος and its variants, the English equivalent is the word Lekythos) with the various shapes and functions of certain containers.

November 8, 2022 · (updated October 2, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao
Battle_of_Wagram

The Emperor

Suite for Strings, Symphony in D major, Piano Concerto No. 5

April 28, 2022 · (updated October 2, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao
Isle of the dead

Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead, Suite from the opera Háry János, Concerto in D Major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 61

March 28, 2022 · (updated October 2, 2023) · Wenxuan Zhao