Jankun-Kelly, T. J.Lanka, YagneshwaraII, J. Edward SwanG. Melancon, T. Munzner, and D. Weiskopf2014-02-212014-02-2120101467-8659https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01711.xA perceptual study of four tensor glyphs for symmetric, real, traceless tensors was performed. Each glyph encodes three properties of the system: Orientation, uniaxiality (alignment along the direction of orientation), and biaxiality (alignment along a vector orthogonal to the orientation). Thirty users over two studies were asked to identify these three properties for each glyph type under a variety of permutations in order to evaluate the effectiveness of visually communicating the properties; response time was also measured. We discuss the significant differences found between the methods as guidance to the use of these glyphs for traceless tensor visualization.