As visualization researchers evaluate the impact of visualization design on decision-making, they often hold a one-dimensional perspective on the cognitive processes behind making a decision. Several psychological and economical researchers have shown that to make decisions, people rely on quantitative reasoning as well as gist-based intuition -- two systems that operate in parallel. In this position paper, we discuss decision theories and provide suggestions to bridge the gap between the evaluation of decision-making in visualization and psychology research. The goal is to question the limits of our knowledge and to advocate for a more nuanced understanding of decision-making with visualization.
@article{arxiv.2010.04096,
title = {Did You Get The Gist Of It? Understanding How Visualization Impacts Decision-Making},
author = {Melanie Bancilhon and Alvitta Ottley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.04096},
year = {2020}
}