Visual coding is a highly dynamic process and continuously adapting to the current viewing
context. The perceptual changes that result from adaptation to recently viewed stimuli …

The views that windows provide from inside a building affect human health and well-being.
Although window view is an important element of architecture, there is no established …

Shinrin-yoku or forest bathing refers to a therapeutic, immersive nature experience that aids
to improve well-being. The goal of the current research was to compare the effects of a …

In this work, I propose a model of visual aesthetic experience that combines formalist and
contextual aspects of aesthetics. The model distinguishes between two modes of …

Intermittent photic stimulation (IPS) is a common procedure performed in the
electroencephalography (EEG) laboratory in children and adults to detect abnormal …

For some people, simple sensory stimuli (eg, noises, patterns) may reliably evoke intense
and aversive reactions. This is common in certain clinical groups (eg, autism) and varies …

What makes a colored image, eg an abstract painting or a landscape, look pleasing? We
hypothesized that a preference for complex color compositions, such as paintings and …

Quite independently of what they represent, some images provoke discomfort, and even
headaches and seizures in susceptible individuals. The visual system has adapted to …

Visual discomfort occurs when the statistics of the retinal image depart from those of natural
scenes, particularly in respect of an excess energy at spatial frequencies close to 3 …

In two experiments, we investigate group and individual preferences in a range of different
types of patterns with varying fractal-like scaling characteristics. In Experiment 1, we used 1/f …