Aesthetic preference for art can be predicted from a mixture of low-and high-level visual features

K Iigaya, S Yi, IA Wahle, K Tanwisuth… - Nature Human …, 2021 - nature.com
It is an open question whether preferences for visual art can be lawfully predicted from the
basic constituent elements of a visual image. Here, we developed and tested a …

[HTML][HTML] Fragmentary blue: Resolving the rarity paradox in flower colors

AG Dyer, A Jentsch, M Burd, JE Garcia… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Blue is a favored color of many humans. While blue skies and oceans are a common visual
experience, this color is less frequently observed in flowers. We first review how blue has …

Pretty healthy food: How and when aesthetics enhance perceived healthiness

L Hagen - Journal of Marketing, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Marketers frequently style food to look pretty (eg, in advertising). This article investigates
how pretty aesthetics (defined by classical aesthetic principles, such as order, symmetry …

From waste to taste: How “ugly” labels can increase purchase of unattractive produce

S Mookerjee, Y Cornil, JA Hoegg - Journal of Marketing, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Food producers and retailers throw away large amounts of perfectly edible produce that fails
to meet appearance standards, contributing to the environmental issue of food waste. The …

Psychological responses to buildings and natural landscapes

AB Weinberger, AP Christensen, A Coburn… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
People frequently form aesthetic judgements of built and natural environments. Identifying
psychological responses induced by one's surroundings–as well as differences across …

Learning personalized image aesthetics from subjective and objective attributes

H Zhu, Y Zhou, L Li, Y Li, Y Guo - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the widespread popularity of social media, researchers have developed a strong
interest in learning the personalized image aesthetics of online users. Personalized image …

[HTML][HTML] Naturalness and aesthetics of colors–Preference for color compositions perceived as natural

SMC Nascimento, AM Albers, KR Gegenfurtner - Vision Research, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Infocolorizer: Interactive recommendation of color palettes for infographics

LP Yuan, Z Zhou, J Zhao, Y Guo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
When designing infographics, general users usually struggle with getting desired color
palettes using existing infographic authoring tools, which sometimes sacrifice …

Subconscious influences on perceived cleanliness in hospitality settings

VP Magnini, A Zehrer - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, now and for years to come, guests at hospitality venues will
have heightened awareness with regard to formulating their perceptions of cleanliness …

Do people's user types change over time? An exploratory study

ACG Santos, W Oliveira, J Hamari, S Isotani - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
In recent years, different studies have proposed and validated user models (eg, Bartle,
BrainHex, and Hexad) to represent the different user profiles in games and gamified …