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The effects of sensory impairments on product experience and personal well-being

Schifferstein, H.N.J. (author), Desmet, P.M.A. (author)

To determine the roles the sensory modalities play in user-product interactions, one modality was blocked during the execution of eight simple tasks. Participants reported how they experienced the products and how they felt during the experiment. Blocking vision resulted in the largest loss of functional information, increased task difficulty...

journal article 2007

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Technology as in-between

Read, S.A. (author)

This commentary on Søren Riis’s paper “Dwelling in-betweenwalls” starts from a position of solidarity with its attempt to build a postphenomenological perspective on architecture and the built environment. It proposes however that a clearer view of a technological structure of experience may be obtained by finding technological-perceptual wholes...

journal article 2011

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Touching Materials Visually: About the Dominance of Vision in Building Material Assessment

Wastiels, L. (author), Schifferstein, H.N.J. (author), Wouters, I. (author), Heylighen, A. (author)

Designers’ visual way of knowing and working tends to be highly valued in design research. In architecture such an approach is increasingly criticized. Since people experience buildings with all their senses, architects’ visual focus is said to the run the risk of disregarding non-visual aspects. This study focuses on the visual and tactile...

journal article 2013

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The Influence of Teleoperator Stiffness and Damping on Object Discrimination

Christiansson, G.A.V. (author), Van der Linde, R.Q. (author), Van der Helm, F.C.T. (author)

Human task performance using teleoperator systems depends on the physical and controlled parameters of the system. Two teleoperated grasping tasks—size and stiffness discrimination—were studied to investigate how changes in system parameters influence human capabilities. The device characteristics altered were teleoperator stiffness (size and...

journal article 2008

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Submillimeter lateral displacement enables friction sensing and awareness of surface slipperiness

Afzal, Hafiz Malik Naqash (author), Stubbs, Emma (author), Khamis, Heba (author), Loutit, Alastair J. (author), Redmond, Stephen (author), Vickery, Richard Martin (author), Wiertlewski, M. (author), Birznieks, Ingvars (author)

Human tactile perception and motor control rely on the frictional estimates that stem from the deformation of the skin and slip events. However, it is not clear how exactly these mechanical events relate to the perception of friction. This study aims to quantify how minor lateral displacement and speed enables subjects to feel frictional...

journal article 2022

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A Walk to the Cherwell River Meadows: (Meaningfulness and) the Perceivable Form of the Urban Landscape

de Wit, S.I. (author)

Meaningfulness in the urban landscape is guided by perception: the qualities of the environment only become meaningful if they can be experienced. Experiences are localized in the physical environment: the form of the (urban) landscape - which includes materiality as well as structure - creates the conditions, the organisation, of experience....

journal article 2022

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Finger motion and contact by a second finger influence the tactile perception of electrovibration

Vardar, Y. (author), Kuchenbecker, Katherine J. (author)

Electrovibration holds great potential for creating vivid and realistic haptic sensations on touchscreens. Ideally, a designer should be able to control what users feel independent of the number of fingers they use, the movements they make, and how hard they press. We sought to understand the perception and physics of such interactions by...

journal article 2021

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Unperceived motor actions of the balance system interfere with the causal attribution of self-motion

Tisserand, Romain (author), Rasman, Brandon G. (author), Omerovic, Nina (author), Peters, Ryan M. (author), Forbes, P.A. (author), Blouin, Jean Sébastien (author)

The instability of human bipedalism demands that the brain accurately senses balancing self-motion and determines whether movements originate from self-generated actions or external disturbances. Here, we challenge the longstanding notion that this process relies on a single representation of the body and world to accurately perceive postural...

journal article 2022

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Understanding Perceptions of Cycling Infrastructure Provision and its Role in Cycling Equity

Jahanshahi, Danial (author), Costello, Seósamh B. (author), Dirks, Kim Natasha (author), Chowdhury, Subeh (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)

Ensuring equity is considered in all types of decision making, including with respect to cycling provision, is important. Studies have investigated equity in relation to provision of cycling infrastructure and facilities. However, identifying other factors that need consideration in cycling equity is important. This study explored the impact of...

journal article 2023

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Picture-Perfect – The Perception and Applicability of Facsimiles in Museums

Tissen, L.N.M. (author), van Veldhuizen, Mané (author)

Various types of digital and physical three-dimensional facsimile technologies (e.g., high-definition digital modelling and 3D printing) have entered the art world and have become increasingly important for research and presentation purposes. Yet, studies that go beyond the technical aspects of (3D) facsimile techniques, such as their...

journal article 2022

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Landscape Architectural Perspectives as Agent for Generous Design

de Wit, S.I. (author), Bobbink, I. (author)

Landscape architectonic compositions that draw on the underlying landscape structure can function as a carrier for changing programmes, cultures, processes, etc. Precisely such an explicitly spatial design is required to foster the inclusive city, one that is not only socially just but also sensitive to the environment while allowing for and...

journal article 2020

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Leans Illusion in Hexapod Simulator Facilitates Erroneous Responses to Artificial Horizon in Airline Pilots

van den Hoed, Annemarie (author), Landman, H.M. (author), van Baelen, D. (author), Stroosma, O. (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Groen, Eric L. (author), Mulder, Max (author)

Objective: We tested whether a procedure in a hexapod simulator can cause incorrect assumptions of the bank angle (i.e., the “leans”) in airline pilots as well as incorrect interpretations of the attitude indicator (AI). Background: The effect of the leans on interpretation errors has previously been demonstrated in nonpilots. In-flight,...

journal article 2020

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One and done? Exploring linkages between households' intended adaptations to climate-induced floods

Noll, B.L. (author), Filatova, T. (author), Need, Ariana (author)

As climate change increases the probability and severity of natural hazards, the need for coordinated adaptation at all levels of society intensifies. Governmental-level adaptation measures are essential, but insufficient in the face of growing risks, necessitating complementary action from households. Apprehending the drivers of household...

journal article 2022

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A Role of Peripheral Vision in Chess? Evidence from a Gaze-contingent Method

de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Koelmans, T.A. (author), Kokshoorn, M.H.J.L. (author), van der Valk, K.P. (author), Vos, Willem (author), Dodou, D. (author), Eisma, Y.B. (author)

Chunking theory and previous eye-tracking studies suggest that expert chess players use peripheral vision to judge chess positions and determine the best moves to play. However, the role of peripheral vision in chess has largely been inferred rather than tested through controlled experimentation. In this study, we used a gaze-contingent paradigm...

journal article 2023

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Responses to Raven matrices: Governed by visual complexity and centrality

de Winter, J.C.F. (author), Dodou, D. (author), Eisma, Y.B. (author)

Raven matrices are widely considered a pure test of cognitive abilities. Previous research has examined the extent to which cognitive strategies are predictive of the number of correct responses to Raven items. This study examined whether response times can be explained directly from the centrality and visual complexity of the matrix cells ...

journal article 2023

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Finger pad friction and tactile perception of laser treated, stamped and cold rolled micro-structured stainless steel sheet surfaces

Zhang, S. (author), Zeng, X. (author), Matthews, D. T A (author), Igartua, A. (author), Rodriguez-Vidal, E. (author), Contreras Fortes, J. (author), van der Heide, E. (author)

Tactile perception is a complex system, which depends on frictional interactions between skin and counter-body. The contact mechanics of tactile friction is governed by many factors such as the state and properties of skin and counter-body. In order to discover the connection between perception and tactile friction on textured stainless steel...

journal article 2017

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The Social Acceptance of Airborne Wind Energy: A Literature Review

Schmidt, H.S. (author), de Vries, G. (author), Schmehl, R. (author), Renes, Reint Jan (author)

Airborne wind energy (AWE) systems use tethered flying devices to harvest higher-altitude winds to produce electricity. For the success of the technology, it is crucial to understand how people perceive and respond to it. If concerns about the technology are not taken seriously, it could delay or prevent implementation, resulting in increased...

journal article 2022

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Continuous Subjective Rating of Perceived Motion Incongruence During Driving Simulation

Cleij, D. (author), Venrooij, J. (author), Pretto, Paolo (author), Pool, D.M. (author), Mulder, Max (author), Bulthoff, Heinrich H. (author)

Motion cueing algorithms are used in motion simulation to map the inertial vehicle motion onto the limited simulator motion space. This mapping causes mismatches between the unrestricted visual motion and the constrained inertial motion, which results in perceived motion incongruence (PMI). It is still largely unknown what exactly causes...

journal article 2018

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Public Perceptions of Reuse of Faecal Sludge Co-Compost in Bhubaneswar, India

Singh, Shirish (author), Ibrahim, Mohammed Ali (author), Pawar, Sumeet (author), Brdjanovic, Damir (author)

Although faecal sludge (FS) co-compost contains vital nutrients, there are several barriers limiting adoption and reuse of FS co-compost in agriculture. This study in Bhubaneswar found that health risk and bad odour were the two topmost negative perceptions of FS co-compost reuse. The main factors influencing farmers’ negative perceptions of...

journal article 2022

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Framing Geothermal Energy in Indonesia: A Media Analysis in A Country with Huge Potential

Trisiah, A. (author), de Vries, G. (author), de Bruijn, J.A. (author)

Public perceptions of emergent low-carbon technologies, such as geothermal energy, impact the speed of energy transitions. Such perceptions are largely shaped by how the media portray such technologies. This paper reports on how geothermal energy has been framed in two prominent national newspapers in Indonesia, a country with large geothermal...

journal article 2022