New research published in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology suggests that doodling as a way of passing time when you are bored may actually help you better concentrate on streaming information.
In an interview with Rhetology.com, study author Dr. Jackie Andrade explained that, “Because doodling is a visual task, it doesn’t directly interfere with the verbal [...]

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Older people who read text-based information appear to have increased comprehension and better memory retention of the content when the information is presented along with an elaboration of the facts versus simple factoids, particularly compared with younger readers who can remember and understand simple facts without an elaborated context, according to new study findings presented [...]

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Recent advances in computer graphics have led to the use of computerized representations of 3-D structures in fields such as engineering, architecture, science and medicine. While these 3-D images are projected on a 2-D screen, rotating the models helps to provide information about the depth and dimensions of the object. At each interaction with these [...]

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The mind continues visual, auditory, and kinetic patters even after sensory perception has ceased — or when the pattern is technically “broken.”

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Elements with the same moving direction are perceived as a group.

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When we perceive objects we tend to perceive them as symmetrical shapes that form around their center.

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The mind groups similar elements into collective entities or totalities. Similarity is determined based on attributes such as color, size, shape, orientation, typography and other decoration. In other words, things that look similar are treated as a group. Similarity may be based on one or more attribute depending on local or global context. Determination of similarity is dynamic. In other words, as the state of an object changes, so too can the calculus of its similarity with other objects.

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