Publications by authors named "Bruce Liby"
Perceived beauty of random texture patterns: A preference for complexity.
Acta Psychol (Amst)
July 2016
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how people perceive the beauty of random density texture patterns in two experiments involving different grid sizes and fill levels.
- In the first experiment with a 10×10 grid, participants rated patterns from 10% to 100% fill, revealing an inverted U-shaped preference that favored mid-range density levels.
- The second experiment, using a 15×15 grid, confirmed the preference for density over fixed element count, indicating that more complex patterns were seen as more aesthetically pleasing by the observers.
Center-of-mass perception in dot patterns arranged into triangular and quadrilateral configurations was investigated. In Exp. 1, the length, orientation, and direction of dots forming right triangles were varied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParticipants estimated the perceptual center of mass between two horizontally oriented black dots varying in size and distance. Experiment 1 showed that estimates, measured as distance from the larger dot's center, decreased with an increase in size ratio between the dots and a decrease in the distance between them, as predicted by the physical center-of-mass equation. The results were replicated and extended in further experiments with different ratios and distances.
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