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Zen Faulkes
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- May 10, 2012
- 08:00 AM
- 286 views
For emotional impact, go big
by Zen Faulkes in Better Posters
A new paper on type size supports what headline writes have apparently known for ages.Bigger text gets bigger reactions.The work by Bayer and colleagues used electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings to study the response of people as they showed them words that tended to be associated with good emotions, bad ones, or that were emotionally neutral. They found that the bigger the text, the faster someone responded emotionally to the word, and the longer they responded.At least, that’s the authorsâ........ Read more »
Bayer M, Sommer W, & Schacht A. (2012) Font size matters—emotion and attention in cortical responses to written words. PLoS ONE, 7(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036042
- March 29, 2012
- 08:04 AM
- 434 views
Colour clash
by Zen Faulkes in Better Posters
What should you wear to a poster session? Never mind the formal versus casual versus comfortable dilemma, what colour should you wear? A nearly decade old paper making the social media rounds last week suggests looking at your poster while picking your outfit.Several people, knowing I’m the poster blog guy, asked me what I thought.The authors themselves write:Our study had several limitations.This is an understatement. This study, by Keegan and Bannister, is almost nothing but limitations. Itâ........ Read more »
Keegan DA, & Bannister SL. (2003) Effect of colour coordination of attire with poster presentation on poster popularity. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 169(12), 1291-2. PMID: 14662667
- January 12, 2012
- 08:00 AM
- 677 views
Error bars
by Zen Faulkes in Better Posters
Comparing averages should be one of the easiest kinds of information to show, but they are surprisingly tricky.Most people know that when they show an average, there should be an indication of how much smear there is in the data. It makes a huge difference to your interpretation of the information, particularly when glancing at the figure.For instance, I’m willing to bet most people looking at this...Would say, “Wow, the treatment is making a big difference compared to the control!”I’m l........ Read more »
Cumming G, Fidler F, & Vaux D. (2007) Error bars in experimental biology. The Journal of Cell Biology, 177(1), 7-11. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200611141
- December 8, 2011
- 08:00 AM
- 610 views
Burn your tables
by Zen Faulkes in Better Posters
A new paper provides empirical evidence for something that many people, like Edward Tufte, have been saying for years: graphs and figures are better than tables.Cook and Teo took the results of statistical simulations, and presented them to people in the form of graphs or tables. Everyone were able to answer questions about the data more quickly using a graph. Less experienced people (i.e., undergraduates compared to postgraduates) were able to make more accurate statements about the results whe........ Read more »
Cook A, & Teo S. (2011) The communicability of graphical alternatives to tabular displays of statistical simulation studies. PLoS ONE, 6(11). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027974
- October 15, 2009
- 08:08 AM
- 841 views
Do I need to go to that conference?
by Zen Faulkes in Better Posters
The link between conference posters and climate change is the jet fuel used to move the posters.... Read more »
Lester, B. (2007) SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE: Greening the Meeting. Science, 318(5847), 36-38. DOI: 10.1126/science.318.5847.36
- August 27, 2009
- 07:00 AM
- 820 views
Don't hold my hand
by Zen Faulkes in Better Posters
Lessons for poster layout from comics.... Read more »
Erren, T., & Bourne, P. (2007) Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation. PLoS Computational Biology, 3(5). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030102
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