Clutter and Older Eyes (01-11-12)
McCarley and his associates compared the ability of younger (early 20’s) and older (early 70’s) people to quickly pick particular information out of visual clutter.
McCarley and his associates compared the ability of younger (early 20’s) and older (early 70’s) people to quickly pick particular information out of visual clutter.
Living in urban environments seems to influence whether scenes viewed are perceived more holistically or if visual attention is focused on the details of those scenes.
Shapiro and Lu investigated relative brightness in images.
In an upcoming article in Psychological Science, Brandon Liverence and Brian Scholl (both from Yale) provide additional evidence that we don’t always “see” the world accurately.
After a rigorous investigation, Pearce and Dunbar have determined that humans in various geographic locations have evolved visual systems that differ in size.
Recently seen material influences how people perceive what is currently being viewed, if individuals continue to think about those prior visual experiences, perhaps because the images were particularly interesting or compelling.
Research by Shibata and colleagues reaffirms that designers developing places where Smart Phones and similar tools will be used frequently should create spaces that do not contribute to visual exhaustion and, ideally, are restorative.
Forsythe and Sheehy review the literature on beauty.
Healthcare and security workers are often called upon to visually search for objects when they are stressed.
Research that will be published in December in the Journal of Consumer Research, authored by Dan King and Chris Janiszewski, indicates that human mood influences the experience of pleasure.