There are decades of academic literature on visualization and perception: IEEE VIS (and InfoVis specifically), IEEE TVCG (Transactions on Visualization and Comp

There are decades of academic literature on visualization and perception: IEEE VIS (and InfoVis specifically), IEEE TVCG (Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics), ACM SIGCHI, and lots more. If you’re interested in learning about visualization I recommend starting with Tamara Munzner’s book, Visualization Analysis & Design: https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/ https://www.cs.ubc.ca/~tmm/vadbook/