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The cutlery effect: do designed products for people with disabilities stigmatise them? by Renda, Gianni, Jackson, Simon, Kuys, Blair, Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate of how assistive cutlery design effects perception of the user. Studies regarding the usage and development of…”
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The men who coloured Britain by Allan Whitfield, T. W.

“…Colour standards, initially for specification purposes (e.g., the Post Office, Railways, and the Military), were transformed in Britain during the 1970s into…”
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The Aesthetic Pleasure in Design Scale: The Development of a Scale to Measure Aesthetic Pleasure for Designed Artifacts by Blijlevens, Janneke, Thurgood, Clementine, Hekkert, Paul, Chen, Lin-Lin, Leder, Helmut, Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…There is a lack of consistency regarding the scales used to measure aesthetic pleasure within design. They are often chosen ad hoc or adopted from other…”
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The mere exposure effect for consumer products as a consequence of existing familiarity and controlled exposure by Hekkert, Paul, Thurgood, Clementine, Whitfield, T.W. Allan

“…The finding that repeated exposure to a stimulus enhances attitudes directed towards it is a well-established phenomenon. Despite this, the effects of exposure…”
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Aesthetics as Pre-Linguistic Knowledge: A Psychological Perspective by Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…Discusses the role of aesthetics in the theory of design. The author considers the value of scientific and aesthetic approaches to the discussion of design,…”
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Swayed by the logo and name: does university branding work? by Idris, Muhammad Zaffwan, Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…Over the last decade, many universities attempted to improve their public image by changing their corporate visual identity (CVI) and/or name. Despite the…”
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Towards a visual recognition threshold: New instrument shows humans identify animals with only 1 ms of visual exposure by THURGOOD, Clementine, ALLAN WHITFIELD, T. W, PATTERSON, John

“…The human visual system is very adept at extracting categorical information from complex scenes with only the briefest of exposure. Here we show that…”
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Esthetic decision-making: How do people select colours for real settings? by de Destefani, Lucila R. Geymonat, Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…A feature of the empirical literature in colour psychology is that little attention has been given to how people in real settings engage in colour selection…”
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Theory Confrontation: Testing the Categorical-Motivation Model by Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…Following the demise of Berlyne's model, experimental aesthetics has lacked a unifying theory. The field now is characterized by a set of proximate and…”
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The room-product-effect and its application to investigate the desirability of designed products: a review by Wang, Zheng, Effendi, Raja Ahmad R. A. A., Whitfield, T. W. Allan, Barron, Deirdre, Ni, Wei

“…The Room-Effect originated in environmental psychology, where the room a person was in influences how they were judged by people. Subsequent studies extended…”
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The Social Standing of the Design Professions: an intercultural comparison by Whitfield, T. W. Allan, Smith, Gillian

“…With the shift from a production-led to a consumption-led economy, Western industry has sought to increase growth via a constant search for innovation. Key…”
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Beyond Prototypicality: Toward a Categorical-Motivation Model of Aesthetics by Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…The article comments on the two early stages linking categorization to aesthetics, and introduces a third and unpublished stage. It expands upon a previous…”
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The arcane roots of colour psychology, chromotherapy, and colour forecasting by Whitfield, T. W. Allan, Whelton, Jianne

“…This article explores the genesis of the apparently disparate fields of colour psychology, chromotherapy, and colour forecasting. They came to the fore during…”
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Towards a visual recognition threshold: New instrument shows humans identify animals with only 1ms of visual exposure by Thurgood, Clementine, Whitfield, T.W. Allan, Patterson, John

“…► New equipment displays images for 1ms. ► Participants able to identify animals by name with only 1ms of exposure. ► Animals were better recognized when in…”
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Mundane Aesthetics by Whitfield, T. W. Allan, de Destefani, Lucila R

“…With the publication of Zür experimentalen ästhetik (1871) and Vorschule der ästhetik (1876), Fechner laid the foundations for a new field termed experimental…”
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Can future colour trends be predicted on the basis of past colour trends?: An empirical investigation by Stansfield, Jill, Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…A question that has received remarkably little empirical attention is whether colour trends reflect the prevailing sociocultural lifestyle conditions of a…”
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Integrating aesthetics within an evolutionary and psychological framework by Lindgaard, Gitte, Whitfield, T. W. Allan

“…Human Factors (HF) has traditionally concerned itself with usability, effectiveness and efficiency without regard for the impact that the 'look and feel' of…”
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A multidimensional scaling analysis of the techniques that physiotherapists use by Turner, Patricia A, Whitfield, T W Allan

“…Following the essentially ‘hands‐on’ origin of the physiotherapy profession a century ago, the range of techniques available to practitioners has expanded…”
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