http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-science-success/201012/the-top-10-psychology-studies-2010
Monday, December 5, 2011
How Texture Effects Us
I found this cool article about the top 10 psychological studies of 2010. They're all pretty cool but I was especially interested in the second. It talks about how our tactile sensations can effect how difficult or easy we perceive something to be. It says that after touching something rough we are more likely to think that our following action is difficult than if we had been touching something smooth. Its really astounding that just the texture of something can effect us so much. The other studies it mentions are also interesting, there's one about how to better your willpower which I know is something I need going into finals week.
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http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/A98onQ/www.news.com.au/technology/senseg-creates-textures-on-touchscreen/story-e6frfro0-1226217401428
ReplyDeleteThis is a computer program that allows you to feel textures on a screen. I wonder how this would change everyday life if we could feel things we were looking at on the t.v. or computer screen.
This is so bizarre, I think using a touch screen would be a totally different experience if you could feel everything on it. I know I tend to go page to page without really looking sometimes online and I'm not sure I would still do that. It would be really interesting to see how people respond to this since textures would be rougher than the smooth touch screen, would the psychological study hold true about rougher textures causing things to seem difficult even if the texture was simulated?
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