The effect of image fractal properties and its interaction with visual discomfort on gait kinematics.

Autor: Burtan D; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. daria.burtan@bristol.ac.uk., Burn JF; Queen's School of Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK., Spehar B; School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia. b.spehar@unsw.edu.au., Leonards U; School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. ute.leonards@bristol.ac.uk.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2023 Oct 03; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 16581. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 03.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42114-0
Abstrakt: Exposure to images of urban environments affords higher cognitive processing demands than exposure to images of nature scenes; an effect potentially related to differences in low-level image statistics such as fractals. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether the fractal dimensions of an abstract scene affect cognitive processing demands, using gait kinematics as a measure of cognitive demand. Participants (n = 40) were asked to walk towards different types of synthetic images which were parametrically varied in their fractal dimensions. At the end of each walk, participants rated each image for its visual discomfort (n = 20) or for its likability (n = 20) as potential confounding factors. Fractal dimensions were predictors of walking speed. Moreover, the interaction between fractal dimensions and subjective visual discomfort but not liking predicted velocity. Overall, these data suggest that fractal dimensions indeed contribute to environmentally induced cognitive processing demands.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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