Fashion Versus Perception: The Impact of Surface Lightness on the Perceived Dimensions of Interior Space

Oberfeld, Daniel; Hecht, Heiko

doi:10.1177/0018720811407331

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“…Interestingly, similar biases were also found for larger spaces like rooms [1–3]. In a recent study [3], we tested German participants in comparative volume judgments of virtual rooms with constant height.…”

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Cultural differences in room size perception

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Cultural differences in spatial perception have been little investigated, which gives rise to the impression that spatial cognitive processes might be universal. Contrary to this idea, we demonstrate cultural differences in spatial volume perception of computer generated rooms between Germans and South Koreans. We used a psychophysical task in which participants had to judge whether a rectangular room was larger or smaller than a square room of reference. We systematically varied the room rectangularity (depth to width aspect ratio) and the viewpoint (middle of the short wall vs. long wall) from which the room was viewed. South Koreans were significantly less biased by room rectangularity and viewpoint than their German counterparts. These results are in line with previous notions of general cognitive processing strategies being more context dependent in East Asian societies than Western ones. We point to the necessity of considering culturally-specific cognitive processing strategies in visual spatial cognition research.

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“…public transport and other indoor spaces). Biases in spatial perception, especially volume perception of indoor spaces, have mostly been studied in Western cultures [1–3]. The goal of this study is to understand whether culture can affect perception of indoor spaces such as room size perception.…”

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“…With one exception (achromatic condition in [24]), the gain in perceived extent reached significance with medium to large effect sizes. Second, the variation of the luminance of the surrounding surfaces did only influence the perceived extent of the height dimension: Oberfeld et al [21] and Oberfeld and Hecht [22] reported an approximately additive effect of wall-luminance on the perceived height of interior spaces. Third, and not depicted in Table 2, the effect of bounding-surface luminance was merely slightly influenced by the luminance contrast with the surrounding surfaces.…”

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“…In the present study, we found only side-wall luminance to moderate the effect of rear-wall luminance on perceived depth, especially when the ceiling was dark (see above). In addition, Oberfeld et al [21] and Oberfeld and Hecht [22] reported the effect of ceiling luminance on the perceived height of interior spaces to be virtually unaffected by wall luminance. Thus, considering the results from Table 2, the following picture emerges: a bright room surface appears more distant to the observer as compared to a dark room surface, mostly independent of its orientation in space and the luminance contrast between it and its surrounding surfaces.…”

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Bright paint makes interior-space surfaces appear farther away

2018

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Previous studies have reported that bright ceilings appear higher than dark ceilings, irrespective of the other colorimetric properties of the ceiling color (hue, saturation) and irrespective of the luminance of the remaining room surfaces (walls, floor). In the present study, we expand these findings to width and depth estimates. We presented stereoscopic full-scale room simulations on a head-mounted display and varied the luminance of the side walls, rear wall, and ceiling independently of each other. Participants judged the width and depth of the simulated rooms. Our results show that the perceived spatial layout of a given room is significantly influenced by the luminance of the direct bounding surfaces (e.g., the side walls when judging perceived width) but less affected by the luminance of the other surfaces. In the discussion, we provide an overall picture of effects of surface luminance on the perceived layout of interior spaces and discuss the conclusions in the context of existing interior-design guidelines.

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“…Clothing is the most intimate and portable example of environmental design (Watkins, 1984). Clothing is designed with the shape and size of the human body in mind, and its designers often claim to manipulate perception of the observer in ways that could be experimentally tested, as demonstrated by Oberfeld & Hecht (2011) regarding interior design. Clothing is intentionally designed for specific uses which can vary drastically from safety to social interactions.…”

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Clothing & HF/E

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et al. 2015

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Wearable technologies provide many opportunities for HF/E and have applications in a variety of contexts, particularly in consumer products. These devices must be safe and easy to use as they become increasingly complex in functionality. However, because these products are worn, they must meet the needs of clothing. HF/E has researched the safety and comfort needs of clothing, but these needs do not address the entire clothing experience. This is surprising as clothing serves as an ideal test-bed for a number of emerging issues in product design (e.g., research in designers' expertise). Furthermore, hedonomic (Hancock, 2005) and eudaimonic (Szalma, 2014) design principles can provide an understanding of how to design pleasurable clothing experiences and the motivation behind people's clothing decisions. In this paper, we will review what HF/E has contributed to clothing design, describe the clothing experience through a hedonomic and eudaimonic lens, present relevant non-HF/E clothing research, and suggest future research directions.

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Fashion Versus Perception: The Impact of Surface Lightness on the Perceived Dimensions of Interior Space

Abstract: The question of how to color walls and ceiling to maximize the apparent size of a room can be answered empirically. Aesthetic considerations may interfere with the correct assessment of the effects of color in experts.

Cited by 24 publications

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Cultural differences in room size perception

Cultural differences in room size perception

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