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Diagrams can be Superior

• Group together all information that is used, avoiding searching for elements needed in an inference.

• Use location to group information avoiding symbolic label matching.

• Automatically support perceptual inferences which are extremely easy for humans.

• Perceptually enhanced data structures easier. Larkin and Simon,  ãWhy a Diagram is (Sometimes) Worth Ten Thousand Wordsä, Cognitive Science, 1987

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