Over the rainbow: Guidelines for meaningful use of colour maps in neurophysiology.

Autor: Cooper PS; Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia; Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. Electronic address: patrick.cooper@monash.edu., Baillet S; Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Québec H3A 2B4, Canada., Maroun REK; Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Québec H3A 2B4, Canada., Chong TT; Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University, Victoria 3800, Australia; Department of Neurology, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; Department of Clinical Neurosciences, St Vincent's Hospital, Victoria 3065, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: NeuroImage [Neuroimage] 2021 Dec 15; Vol. 245, pp. 118628. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 09.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118628
Abstrakt: Visualization of complex data is commonplace in neurophysiology research. Here, we highlight specific perceptual issues related to the ongoing misuse of variations of the rainbow colour scheme, with a particular emphasis on time-frequency decompositions in electrophysiology as an illustrative example. We review the risks of biased interpretation of neurophysiological data in this context, and provide guidelines to improve the use of colour maps to visualise complex, multidimensional data in neurophysiology research.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing financial interests.
(Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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