Cognitive Science Visualization

Purpose

This skill encodes domain-specific visualization knowledge for cognitive science and neuroscience. It covers which plot types to use for different data types, field conventions for brain data visualization, color accessibility standards, and publication formatting requirements. A general-purpose data scientist would produce suboptimal or misleading figures without this knowledge.

When to Use This Skill

• Creating figures for a cognitive science or neuroscience manuscript
• Visualizing RT distributions, ERP waveforms, fMRI results, or behavioral data
• Choosing colors, scales, and formatting for publication
• Reviewing whether a figure follows field conventions and accessibility standards

Research Planning Protocol

Before creating visualizations, you MUST: