Sensing the World: An Anthropology of the Senses
An introduction to crucial design-related considerations
An introduction to crucial design-related considerations
Taking a photograph of something influences our sensory memories of it.
Not everyone's sensory systems are the same
A study to be published in Translational Psychiatry provides additional information about the sensory experiences of people with schizophrenia.
Brands are perceived to have personalities, just as people do.
How individual sensory inputs combine in our brains to produce an overall response to where we are and what we’re doing has important implications for design effectiveness and has been extensively researched.
Knowledge of primary sensory channels evolves
Researchers from the Netherlands and Sweden have confirmed that cultures develop languages that vary in their attention to various sorts of sensory stimuli.
At their last two meetings, members of the Society for Consumer Psychology have presented research on topics that designers creating many different types of spaces and products will find useful.
Rosenblum and Gordon review exotic perceptual skills such as “our ability to echolocate like bats; to scent-track like dogs; and to improve our brain’s touch skills to compensate for temporary visual deprivation.”