How material sensory properties and individual differences influence the haptic aesthetic appeal of visually presented stimuli

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Campagna, Marella and Chamberlain, Rebecca. 2024. How material sensory properties and individual differences influence the haptic aesthetic appeal of visually presented stimuli. Scientific Reports, 14, 13690. ISSN 2045-2322 [Article]

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Touch plays a crucial role for humans. Despite its centrality in sensory experiences, the field of haptic aesthetics is underexplored. So far, existing research has revealed that preferences in the haptic domain are related to stimulus properties and the Gestalt laws of grouping. Additionally, haptic aesthetics is influenced by top-down processes, e.g., stimulus familiarity, and is likely to be modulated by personality and expertise. To further our understanding of these influences on haptic aesthetic appraisal, the current study investigated the imagined haptic aesthetic appeal of visually presented material surfaces, considering the role of haptic expertise, Need for touch, personality traits. The results revealed a positive influence of familiarity, simplicity, smoothness, warmth, lightness, dryness, slipperiness and a negative influence of complexity on individuals' aesthetic responses. While the study failed to support the predicted influence of Need for touch and haptic expertise on aesthetic responses, results did reveal an influence of openness to experience, conscientiousness and neuroticism. Despite the limitations related to the indirect stimuli presentation (vision only), the findings contribute to the relatively unexplored role of bottom-up and top-down features in haptic aesthetics that might be incorporated into the design of consumers’ products to better meet their preferences.

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63925-9

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Funding: Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.

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The datasets generated and analyzed during the current study are available in the Open Science repository, https://osf.io/3bsvp/?view_only=d86ba57142fc4b8289c62901356f6fdf.

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Psychology

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