Relating material experience to technical parameters: A case study on visual and tactile warmth perception of indoor wall materials

Wastiels, Lisa; Schifferstein, Hendrik N.J.; Heylighen, Ann; Wouters, Ine

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.08.009

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“…Previous research showed that vision dominates the multisensory assessment of material warmth in architecture [19]. Analogously, whereas participants in the present study were asked to assess the samples by use of all their senses, it is possible that the results reflect mainly the participants' visual assessment.…”

Section: Comparison Of Effectsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Their ages ranged from 17 to 22 with an average of 18. Previous research showed no effect of the years of study on the assessment of material warmth [19,24], which suggests that the results will not be influenced by study year.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Research shows that vision often dominates people's multisensory experience [18]. In the context of material assessment in architecture, the perceived warmth appears to be dominated by visual considerations as well [19]. Color is the most apparent visual aspect to distinguish between materials and also the most researched visual aspect.…”

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confidence: 98%

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“…Research around consumer perceptions and evaluations of sensorial properties has received significant attention recently [3], [4], [8], [16]- [26]. These studies generally focus on linking some sensorial property to user reactions and evaluations.…”

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“…To understand how users experience materials and derive meaning, research is aiming to characterise their sensorial properties. Currently there is a growing interest in this area and research effort has been directed at supporting the understanding and selection of materials for the creation of specific meaning in new goods [2]- [8].…”

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Materials help communicate meaning to users. This meaning changes with time as the object transforms due to use. Through a two-phase study, this research develops new understanding of how people appraise used objects and the mechanisms driving contamination-the aversion that one has towards engaging with used objects. In the first phase, observations of indicators of use were collected from participants in order to develop a general typology for indicators of use and deduce the sensorial properties of used objects. In the second phase, these observations were analysed to isolate the data, which caused feelings of aversion. The subset of observations marked with aversion was labelled as contaminated. Further analysis revealed three mechanisms driving contamination-hygiene, utility, and territory-presented together as the HUT contamination model. Sensorial properties from the first study were mapped to contamination mechanisms and properties most frequently contributing to contamination were identified. The properties contributing to the various contamination mechanisms differ significantly. Hygienic contamination typically results from transient object states, utility contamination from permanent changes to object characteristics, and territorial contamination from object settings and contextual factors. As expected, the majority of the indicators contributing to contamination are related to material properties. This work acts as a link between material selection and contaminated interaction with used objects.

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How consumers “see” a visually warm store: Differences between affective and cognitive processors

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J of Consumer Behaviour

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Store atmosphere can influence shoppers' perceptions and behaviors. This research contributes to the literature by showing that a visually warm store atmosphere can induce psychological warmth perception among in‐store consumers. An empirical study was conducted to investigate the effect of warmth through a visually warm or cold store atmosphere on consumers' perceptions/behaviors and the moderating role of consumers' processing styles. Results (N = 181) showed that a visually warm (vs. cold) atmosphere induces the perception of intimacy toward the store among affective processors and the perception of assortment similarity among cognitive processors. Such perceptions were found to mediate the effect of the visually warm atmosphere on consumers' approach behaviors toward the store. Based on the grounded cognition theory, this study extends the current knowledge of the warmth experience on psychological perceptions to a retail context. Findings not only contribute to the extant literature of store atmospherics and retailing but they also offer practical guidelines for retailers and designers of store environments.

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Relating material experience to technical parameters: A case study on visual and tactile warmth perception of indoor wall materials

Cited by 46 publications

References 19 publications

Red or rough, what makes materials warmer?

Red or rough, what makes materials warmer?

Materials, use and contaminated interaction

How consumers “see” a visually warm store: Differences between affective and cognitive processors

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