In order to take advantage of the potential offered by the medium of virtual reality (VR), it will
be essential to develop an understanding of how to maximize the desirable experience of …

Humans and animals have the ability to continually acquire, fine-tune, and transfer
knowledge and skills throughout their lifespan. This ability, referred to as lifelong learning, is …

A proposed design–ambient–social–trialability (DAST) framework for retail atmospherics
broadens conceptualizations to encompass not only the in-store experience but also out-of …

Recent work in human cognitive neuroscience has linked self-consciousness to the
processing of multisensory bodily signals (bodily self-consciousness [BSC]) in fronto-parietal …

The new technological advances achieved during the last decade allowed the scientific
community to investigate and employ neurophysiological measures not only for research …

The perception, physiology, behavior, and performance of building occupants are influenced
by multi-domain exposures: the simultaneous presence of multiple environmental stimuli, ie …

Physical representations of data have existed for thousands of years. Yet it is now that
advances in digital fabrication, actuated tangible interfaces, and shape-changing displays …

Ways of Sensing is a stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political
dimensions of the world of the senses. The book spans a wide range of settings and makes …

Successful speech perception requires that listeners map the acoustic signal to linguistic
categories. These map**s are not only probabilistic, but change depending on the …

Although sensory processing challenges have been noted since the first clinical descriptions
of autism, it has taken until the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical …