| Criteria of Cognitive Effectiveness [34] | Criteria of Cognitive Dimensions [48] |
| Semiotic clarity, graphic economy | Consistency (hard mental operations) |
| Semiotic clarity, perceptual discriminability | Consistency (visibility) |
| Cognitive fit | Closeness of mapping (role expressiveness) |
| Perceptual discriminability, visual expressiveness, dual coding | Hidden dependencies (visibility) |
| Complexity management | Abstraction gradient, hidden dependencies |