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Hasenack B, Meijer LL, van Harmelen A, Overvliet KE, Keizer A. Longing for touch post-COVID-19: current observations and future directions. Sci Rep 2023; 13:22131. [PMID: 38092847 PMCID: PMC10719239 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-49113-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
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Previous studies have reported an association between the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing regulations and longing for touch (LFT; i.e., a discrepancy between actual touch frequency and one's desire to be touched). However, less is known about the prevalence and severity of LFT in the general population in the absence of social distancing regulations. The aim of this study was therefore to exploratively compare data collected during and after the pandemic. Pandemic data was collected online in an international sample (n = 1982), of which a matched subsample (n = 115) was used in the reported analyses. Post-pandemic data was collected one week after social distancing regulations restrictions were lifted in the Netherlands (n = 60) and when virtually no restrictions were in place (n = 55). The severity of LFT was significantly higher during the pandemic than afterwards. Although there were no significant differences in the general prevalence of LFT, significantly more participants reported high levels of LFT (score of 75-100) during the pandemic. We cautiously conclude that, although LFT may have peaked during the pandemic, a large portion of the general population desires to experience more interpersonal touch, even in the absence of social distancing regulations.
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- Birgit Hasenack
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Marschallek BE, Löw A, Jacobsen T. You can touch this! Brain correlates of aesthetic processing of active fingertip exploration of material surfaces. Neuropsychologia 2023; 182:108520. [PMID: 36813106 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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The haptic exploration and aesthetic processing of all kinds of materials' surfaces are part of everyday life. In the present study, functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) was used to investigate the brain correlates of active fingertip exploration of material surfaces and subsequent aesthetic judgments of their pleasantness (feels good or bad?). In absence of other sensory modalities, individuals (n = 21) performed lateral movements on a total of 48 textile and wood surfaces varying in terms of their roughness. Behavioral results confirmed the influence of the stimuli's roughness on aesthetic judgments, with smoother textures being rated as feeling better than rough textures. At the neural level, fNIRS activation results revealed an overall increased engagement of the contralateral sensorimotor areas as well as left prefrontal areas. Moreover, the perceived pleasantness modulated specific activations of left prefrontal areas with increasing pleasantness showing greater activations of these regions. Interestingly, this positive relationship between the individual aesthetic judgments and brain activity was most pronounced for smooth woods. These results demonstrate that positively valenced touch by actively exploring material surfaces is linked to left prefrontal activity and extend previous findings of affective touch underlying passive movements on hairy skin. We suggest that fNIRS can be a valuable tool to provide new insights in the field of experimental aesthetics.
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- Barbara E Marschallek
- Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Postbox 700822, 22008, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Postbox 700822, 22008, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Postbox 700822, 22008, Hamburg, Germany.
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Thundathil M, Nazmi AR, Shahri B, Emerson N, Müssig J, Huber T. Visual-Tactile Perception of Biobased Composites. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:1844. [PMID: 36902959 PMCID: PMC10004420 DOI: 10.3390/ma16051844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Biobased composites offer unique properties in the context of sustainable material production as well as end-of-life disposal, which places them as viable alternatives to fossil-fuel-based materials. However, the large-scale application of these materials in product design is hindered by their perceptual handicaps and understanding the mechanism of biobased composite perception, and its constituents could pave the way to creating commercially successful biobased composites. This study examines the role of bimodal (visual and tactile) sensory evaluation in the formation of biobased composite perception through the Semantic Differential method. It is observed that the biobased composites could be grouped into different clusters based on the dominance and interplay of various senses in perception forming. Attributes such as Natural, Beautiful, and Valuable are seen to correlate with each other positively and are influenced by both visual and tactile characteristics of the biobased composites. Attributes such as Complex, Interesting, and Unusual are also positively correlated but dominated by visual stimuli. The perceptual relationships and components of beauty, naturality, and value and their constituent attributes are identified, along with the visual and tactile characteristics that influence these assessments. Material design leveraging these biobased composite characteristics could lead to the creation of sustainable materials that would be more attractive to designers and consumers.
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- Manu Thundathil
- School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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- School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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- School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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- School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
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- The Biological Materials Group, Biomimetics, Faculty 5, HSB–City University of Applied Sciences Bremen, 28199 Bremen, Germany
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- School of Product Design, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand
- Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 4940 Hautcharage, Luxembourg
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Marschallek BE, Jacobsen T. Materials aesthetics: A replication and extension study of the conceptual structure. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0277082. [PMID: 36322590 PMCID: PMC9629638 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Natural occurrences and the choice of specific materials have a major impact on the experience of the physical environment. The results of a recent study using a free listing task involving only adjectives suggested that the conceptual structure of the aesthetics of materials is structured by sensorial, neutrally valenced, descriptive terms, while showing no primacy of beauty. The present article examined the conceptual structure underlying the aesthetic experience of various materials using a different methodological approach. Applying a technique based upon semantic differentials, individuals in the present study (n = 272) were asked to judge the applicability of the most frequently listed terms in the previous study to the aesthetics of different materials. Overall, the results of multiple analyses yielded a converging picture for the two studies. Additionally, as materials constitute the basis of complete entities, the role of products in the conceptual representation of the aesthetics of materials was investigated with an exploratory approach. No support was found for the hypothesis that products play such a role. Finally, limitations regarding the outcome of the present study are discussed. All things considered, the results of this study highlight the uniqueness of the aesthetics of materials and its distinctness from the conceptual representations underlying most other aesthetic domains.
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- Barbara E. Marschallek
- Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Experimental Psychology Unit, Helmut Schmidt University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Kadyrova A, Pedersen M, Westland S. What Elevation Makes 2.5D Prints Perceptually Natural? MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15103573. [PMID: 35629606 PMCID: PMC9144382 DOI: 10.3390/ma15103573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Elevation plays a considerable role in naturalness perception of 2.5D prints. The necessary level of elevation to make 2.5D prints look perceptually natural may vary from application to application. Therefore, one needs to know the right elevation for specific applications to make the prints look perceptually natural. In this work, we investigated what elevation makes 2.5D prints of wood images perceptually natural. We worked with various wood content images such as wooden wicker, wall, roof, and floor. We found that the optimal elevation that makes 2.5D prints of wood images perceptually natural is content-dependent and in a range between 0.3 mm and 0.5 mm. Moreover, we found that the optimal elevation becomes 0.5 mm if we consider images of wood regardless of the wood content. In addition, there was a high correlation between majority of observers on naturalness perception of 2.5D prints of wood images.
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- Altynay Kadyrova
- Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2802 Gjøvik, Norway;
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- Department of Computer Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2802 Gjøvik, Norway;
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Effect of Elevation and Surface Roughness on Naturalness Perception of 2.5D Decor Prints. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15093372. [PMID: 35591706 PMCID: PMC9101284 DOI: 10.3390/ma15093372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Naturalness is a complex concept. It can involve a variety of attributes. In this work, we considered the effect of elevation and surface roughness on naturalness perception of 2.5D decor prints for four material categories. We found that elevation has an impact on the naturalness perception of 2.5D decor prints and that it is linked with content. The observers found lower elevation to be more natural for wood and glass 2.5D prints while there was no clear tendency for stone and metal 2.5D prints. We also found the perceptual attributes used for naturalness assessment of 2.5D decor prints. The top five ones are color, roughness, gloss, elevation, and lightness. The obtained findings can be useful for companies that produce 2.5D prints.
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What Is the Supply and Demand for Coloured Wood Products? An Empirical Study in Slovakian Practice. FORESTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/f12050530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The paper deals with the issue of the colour tones of wood and furniture products. The main aim is to identify the supply of the colour tones of wood and furniture products and to map the interest in these wood colour tones at potential customers in Slovakia. By means of two independent surveys of supply and demand for colour tones of wood and furniture products, various shortcomings have been identified. It is necessary to increase the supply of wood and furniture products with the natural colour of the wood and at the same time in colour tones of grey, white and brown. The current demand for thermowood and modified alder wood is significantly higher than the supply of such products in the Slovak market. The results of the study represent an opportunity for Slovak woodworking and furniture enterprises to adjust their range of products according to the needs of potential customers, which will bring them higher turnover and help to overcome the current problems associated with the “COVID crisis”.
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Spence C. Shitsukan - the Multisensory Perception of Quality. Multisens Res 2020; 33:737-775. [PMID: 32143187 DOI: 10.1163/22134808-bja10003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We often estimate, or perceive, the quality of materials, surfaces, and objects, what the Japanese refer to as 'shitsukan', by means of several of our senses. The majority of the literature on shitsukan perception has, though, tended to focus on the unimodal visual evaluation of stimulus properties. In part, this presumably reflects the widespread hegemony of the visual in the modern era and, in part, is a result of the growing interest, not to mention the impressive advances, in digital rendering amongst the computer graphics community. Nevertheless, regardless of such an oculocentric bias in so much of the empirical literature, it is important to note that several other senses often do contribute to the impression of the material quality of surfaces, materials, and objects as experienced in the real world, rather than just in virtual reality. Understanding the multisensory contributions to the perception of material quality, especially when combined with computational and neural data, is likely to have implications for a number of fields of basic research as well as being applicable to emerging domains such as, for example, multisensory augmented retail, not to mention multisensory packaging design.
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- Charles Spence
- Department of Experimental Psychology, Anna Watts Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX2 6GG, UK
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The finishing touches: the role of friction and roughness in haptic perception of surface coatings. Exp Brain Res 2020; 238:1511-1524. [PMID: 32447410 PMCID: PMC7286865 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-020-05831-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Humans are extraordinarily skilled in the tactile evaluation of, and differentiation between, surfaces. The chemical and mechanical properties of these surfaces are translated into tactile signals during haptic exploration by mechanoreceptors in our skin, which are specialized to respond to different types of temporal and mechanical stimulation. Describing the effects of measurable physical characteristics on the human response to tactile exploration of surfaces is of great interest to manufacturers of household materials so that the haptic experience can be considered during design, product development and quality control. In this study, methods from psychophysics and materials science are combined to advance current understanding of which physical properties affect tactile perception of a range of furniture surfaces, i.e., foils and coatings, thus creating a tactile map of the furniture product landscape. Participants’ responses in a similarity scaling task were analyzed using INDSCAL from which three haptic dimensions were identified. Results show that specific roughness parameters, tactile friction and vibrational information, as characterized by a stylus profilometer, a Forceboard, and a biomimetic synthetic finger, are important for tactile differentiation and preferences of these surface treatments. The obtained dimensions are described as distinct combinations of the surface properties characterized, rather than as ‘roughness’ or ‘friction’ independently. Preferences by touch were related to the roughness, friction and thermal properties of the surfaces. The results both complement and advance current understanding of how roughness and friction relate to tactile perception of surfaces.
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As designing with recycled materials is becoming indispensable in the context of a circular economy, we argue that understanding how recycled plastics are perceived by stakeholders involved in the front end of the design process, is essential to achieve successful application in practice, beyond the current concept of surrogates according to industry. Based on existing frameworks, 34 experiential scales with semantic opposites were used to evaluate samples of three exemplary recycled plastics by two main industrial stakeholders: 30 material engineers and 30 designers. We describe four analyses: (i) defining experiential material characteristics, (ii) significant differences between the materials, (iii) level of agreement of respondents, and (iv) similarities and differences between designers and engineers. We conclude that the three materials have different perceptual profiles or identities that can initiate future idea generation for high-quality applications. The study illustrates the potential of this evaluation method. We propose that designers can facilitate the valorization and adoption of these undervalued recycled materials, first by industry and ultimately by consumers as well.
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Craig TP, Fischer A, Lorenzo-Arribas A. Shopping versus Nature? An Exploratory Study of Everyday Experiences. Front Psychol 2018; 9:9. [PMID: 29410642 PMCID: PMC5787148 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Although a growing volume of empirical research shows that being in nature is important for human wellbeing, the definition of what constitutes an ‘experience in nature,’ and how this is different from other types of experiences, is very often left implied. In this paper we contrast everyday experiences involving nature with a category of everyday experience in which most people regularly partake. We present an exploratory study in which people (N = 357) were explicitly asked to describe a memory they had of an everyday ‘experience which involved nature,’ as well as an everyday ‘experience which involved shopping.’ The open-ended responses to these questions were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Nature experiences were generally found to be more positive than shopping experiences, and they were more likely to be rated as ‘peaceful’ and ‘active’ compared to shopping experiences. Follow-up analyses indicate a significant interaction between experience category (nature or shopping), and the relationship between connectedness to nature and the amount of pleasure associated with that experience: The more strongly connected to nature a respondent was, the larger the disparity between the pleasantness of the shopping experience and that of the experience in nature tended to be.
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- Tony P Craig
- Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Research Group, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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- Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Research Group, The James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
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Sakamoto M, Watanabe J. Exploring Tactile Perceptual Dimensions Using Materials Associated with Sensory Vocabulary. Front Psychol 2017; 8:569. [PMID: 28450843 PMCID: PMC5390040 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Considering tactile sensation when designing products is important because the decision to purchase often depends on how products feel. Numerous psychophysical studies have attempted to identify important factors that describe tactile perceptions. However, the numbers and types of major tactile dimensions reported in previous studies have varied because of differences in materials used across experiments. To obtain a more complete picture of perceptual space with regard to touch, our study focuses on using vocabulary that expresses tactile sensations as a guiding principle for collecting material samples because these types of words are expected to cover all the basic categories within tactile perceptual space. We collected 120 materials based on a variety of Japanese sound-symbolic words for tactile sensations, and used the materials to examine tactile perceptual dimensions and their associations with affective evaluations. Analysis revealed six major dimensions: "Affective evaluation and Friction," "Compliance," "Surface," "Volume," "Temperature," and "Naturalness." These dimensions include four factors that previous studies have regarded as fundamental, as well as two new factors: "Volume" and "Naturalness." Additionally, we showed that "Affective evaluation" is more closely related to the "Friction" component (slipperiness and dryness) than to other tactile perceptual features. Our study demonstrates that using vocabulary could be an effective method for selecting material samples to explore tactile perceptual space.
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- Maki Sakamoto
- Department of Informatics, The University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo, Japan
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- NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationKanagawa, Japan
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Bhatta SR, Tiippana K, Vahtikari K, Hughes M, Kyttä M. Sensory and Emotional Perception of Wooden Surfaces through Fingertip Touch. Front Psychol 2017; 8:367. [PMID: 28348541 PMCID: PMC5346587 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Previous studies on tactile experiences have investigated a wide range of material surfaces across various skin sites of the human body in self-touch or other touch modes. Here, we investigate whether the sensory and emotional aspects of touch are related when evaluating wooden surfaces using fingertips in the absence of other sensory modalities. Twenty participants evaluated eight different pine and oak wood surfaces, using sensory and emotional touch descriptors, through the lateral motion of active fingertip exploration. The data showed that natural and smooth wood surfaces were perceived more positively in emotional touch than coated surfaces. We highlight the importance of preserving the naturalness of the surface texture in the process of wood-surface treatment so as to improve positive touch experiences, as well as avoid negative ones. We argue that the results may offer possibilities in the design of wood-based interior products with a view to improving consumer touch experiences.
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- Shiv R Bhatta
- Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering, Aalto University Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University Espoo, Finland
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- Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering, Aalto University Espoo, Finland
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Iosifyan M, Korolkova O, Vlasov I. Emotional and Semantic Associations Between Cinematographic Aesthetics and Haptic Perception. Multisens Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study investigates systematic links between haptic perception and multimodal cinema perception. It differs from previous research conducted on cross-modal associations as it focuses on a complex intermodal stimulus, close to one people experience in reality: cinema. Participants chose materials that are most/least consistent with three-minute samples of films with elements of beauty and ugliness. We found that specific materials are associated with certain films significantly different from chance. Silk was associated with films including elements of beauty, while sandpaper was associated with films including elements of ugliness. To investigate the nature of this phenomenon, we tested the mediation effect of emotional/semantic representations on cinema–haptic associations. We found that affective representations at least partly explain the cross-modal associations between films and materials.
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- Marina Iosifyan
- Moscow State University, Faculty of Psychology, Mokhovaya st. 11/9 125009 Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Experimental Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, 2a Shelepikhinskaya Quay, 123290 Moscow, Russia
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- VTB Capital, 12, Presnenskaya emb. 123100 Moscow, Russia
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Fujisaki W, Tokita M, Kariya K. Perception of the material properties of wood based on vision, audition, and touch. Vision Res 2015; 109:185-200. [PMID: 25576379 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2014.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Revised: 10/12/2014] [Accepted: 11/12/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Most research on the multimodal perception of material properties has investigated the perception of material properties of two modalities such as vision-touch, vision-audition, audition-touch, and vision-action. Here, we investigated whether the same affective classifications of materials can be found in three different modalities of vision, audition, and touch, using wood as the target object. Fifty participants took part in an experiment involving the three modalities of vision, audition, and touch, in isolation. Twenty-two different wood types including genuine, processed, and fake were perceptually evaluated using a questionnaire consisting of twenty-three items (12 perceptual and 11 affective). The results demonstrated that evaluations of the affective properties of wood were similar in all three modalities. The elements of "expensiveness, sturdiness, rareness, interestingness, and sophisticatedness" and "pleasantness, relaxed feelings, and liked-disliked" were separately grouped for all three senses. Our results suggest that the affective material properties of wood are at least partly represented in a supramodal fashion. Our results also suggest an association between perceptual and affective properties, which will be a useful tool not only in science, but also in applied fields.
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- Waka Fujisaki
- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan.
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- Faculty of Letters and Education, Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo, Japan
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- Tsukuba Research Institute, Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd., Tsukuba, Japan
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Labbe D, Pineau N, Martin N. Food expected naturalness: Impact of visual, tactile and auditory packaging material properties and role of perceptual interactions. Food Qual Prefer 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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