Arts in Finland 41 ( 2012 ) 3 46 Doctoral Dissertations and Licentiate Theses in 2012 – Abstracts

s of the dissertations and licentiate theses are published below. Tervo’s dissertation was already included in the list of dissertations for 2011 GAiF 40(2011)2 as that was the year of printing. The dissertations and licentiate theses are available on-line as pdf's and can be accessed by clicking on the name of the dissertation. Moreover, the introduction to Nuutinen’s dissertation, divided in a literature part and an experimental part, is published in this and the previous issue of Graphic Arts in Finland GAiF 41(2012)2 and GAiF 41(2012)3. ABSTRACTS OF DISSERTATIONSS OF DISSERTATIONS Berg, Mikko, "Human Abilities to Perceive, Understand, and Manage MultiDimensional Information with Visualizations", Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Media Technology, Date of defence 27th of April 2012. Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 30/2012, 175 pages, ISBN 978-95260-4548-1 (printed), ISBN 978-952-60-4549-8 (pdf).