A toolbox for calculating objective image properties in aesthetics research

C Redies, R Bartho, L Koßmann, B Spehar… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Over the past two decades, researchers in the field of visual aesthetics have studied
numerous quantitative (objective) image properties and how they relate to visual aesthetic …

Comparing Abstraction in Humans and Large Language Models Using Multimodal Serial Reproduction

S Kumar, R Marjieh, B Zhang, D Campbell… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Humans extract useful abstractions of the world from noisy sensory data. Serial reproduction
allows us to study how people construe the world through a paradigm similar to the game of …

Research on the Construction and Application of a SVM-Based Quantification Model for Streetscape Visual Complexity.

J Zhao, W Suo - Land (2012), 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
Visual complexity is a crucial criterion for evaluating the quality of urban environments and a
key dimension in arousal theory and visual preference theory. Objectively quantifying visual …

Simplicity in Complexity

K Shen, SS Nath, A Brielmann, P Dayan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.03134, 2024 - arxiv.org
The complexity of visual stimuli plays an important role in many cognitive phenomena,
including attention, engagement, memorability, time perception and aesthetic evaluation …

Comparing Abstraction in Humans and Machines Using Multimodal Serial Reproduction

S Kumar, R Marjieh, B Zhang, D Campbell… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - escholarship.org
Humans extract useful abstractions of the world from noisy sensory data. Serial reproduction
allows us to study how people construe the world through a paradigm similar to the game of …

Narrative Information Theory

L Schulz, M Patrício, D Odijk - arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.12907, 2024 - arxiv.org
We propose an information-theoretic framework to measure narratives, providing a
formalism to understand pivotal moments, cliffhangers, and plot twists. This approach offers …

Simplicity in Complexity: Explaining Visual Complexity using Deep Segmentation Models

T Shen, SS Nath, A Brielmann… - Proceedings of the Annual …, 2023 - escholarship.org
The complexity of visual stimuli plays an important role in many cognitive phenomena,
including attention, engagement, memorability, time perception and aesthetic evaluation …

Tracking changes in exploratory behaviour across development

PP Bounia-Mastrogianni - 2024 - eprints.bbk.ac.uk
There is vast empirical evidence that childhood is a period of increased curiosity for the
world and broad exploration. This exploratory behaviour is manifested both as directed …