Given the large proportion of time spent by the average person indoors, it is imperative to
have an understanding of the impacts of long-term and immersive exposure to a variety of …

That people find curved contours and lines more pleasurable than straight ones is a
recurrent observation in the aesthetic literature. Although such observation has been tested …

On average, we urban dwellers spend about 90% of our time indoors, and share the intuition
that the physical features of the places we live and work in influence how we feel and act …

Previous research has shown that features of synthetic robot faces suggesting social
categories produce predictable and consequential social judgments. Artificial robot faces …

Although aesthetic experiences are frequent in modern life, there is as of yet no scientifically
comprehensive theory that explains what psychologically constitutes such experiences …

People spend considerable time within built environments. In this study, we tested two
hypotheses about the relationship between people and built environments. First, aesthetic …

People constantly make snap judgments about objects encountered in the environment.
Such rapid judgments must be based on the physical properties of the targets, but the nature …

In the past, research on human–technology interaction has almost exclusively concentrated
on aspects of usefulness and usability. Despite the success of this line of research, its …

This paper experimentally investigates the role of visual complexity (VC) and prototypicality
(PT) as design factors of websites, sha** users' first impressions by means of two studies …

Humans have a preference for curved over angular shapes, an effect noted by artists as well
as scientists. It may be that people like smooth curves or that people dislike angles, or both …