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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Visual Preferences"”.
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Visual preferences in an ageing population : design, theory, practice, education & critical reflection
… life. In design for an ageing population these preferences are important because designers often wrongly assume a decline in interest in design and physical ability. If these assumptions are prioritised there can be a detrimental effect on the visual sensitivity and emotional value products …
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The effects of high and low stimulation on visual attention and preference for novelty in infants
… on the subsequent attentive behaviors and visual preferences of four months old. Based on experimental results of studies of exploratory behavior in animals and infants as well as studies of sensory deprivation, the following hypotheses were proposed: 1) Infants will attend more to visual …
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Sex differences in 12, 18 and 24-old-month infants' preference for colour, toys and shape
… have found differences between boys' and girls' preferences for sex-typed toys during infancy. Toy preferences have been explained using biological, social and cognitive theories. More recently, focus has turned towards the low-level properties of toys that boys and girls find attractive. The …
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A Jungian Based Study for Diagnosing Acculturative Stress Within the Hispainc Immigrant and Refugee Population
… stress affected self-esteem as reflected in visual constructs. An attempt to gain some initial insight into this issue was the motivation for this research.</p> <p>Finding a non-verbal and visual form of obtaining pertinent information was necessary. The Arrington Visual Preference Test …
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The Ability of Speaking Rate to Influence Infants' Preferences for Infant-Directed Speech
Much research has examined how rate affects visual preferences in human infants and auditory preferences in avian infants. In the visual domain, it seems that human infants prefer stimuli (e.g., flashing displays) presented at faster relative rates. Research using avian species has shown that …
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Marker assisted selection and breeding for desirable thinner pericarp thickness and ear traits in fresh market waxy corn germplasm
… as they are associated with consumer sensory and visual preferences. An F2:3 mapping population from the cross between South Korean inbreds BH20 and BH30 was developed in order to estimate genetic relationships among pericarp thickness traits and ear architectural traits, and to identify QTL …
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Managing Riyadh's Urban Growth: Assessing Resident Satisfaction in the Current Residential Neighborhoods and Examining Smart Growth Strategy Preferences for the Future Growth in the Context of Rapid Urbanization
… precise mechanisms for public engagement or preferences in shaping future growth. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to manage this rapid urbanization and growth smartly by shaping future growth from the perspective of residents' preferences and how to draw that into urban policies. This …
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Tourist Photography and the Tourist Gaze: An empirical study of Chinese tourists in the UK
… the tastes, gazes and, more generally, the visual practices of the increasing number of non-Western tourists’. At the same, despite the fact that, in recent years, smart phone cameras have become widely used by people both in their everyday lives in general and in their travels in …