Hi guys,
In preparation for an upcoming project, I have decided to revisit the question of clutter perception. In our paper, Predicting Perceived Screen Clutter By Feature Congestion, we came to the surprising conclusion that contrary previous publications on the topic, human perception of clutter is not cumulative. Rather, it is exponential in nature. In other words, clutter is completely manageable up to a point. After this point it does not matter how much "stuff" you add to a screen, the visual system becomes overloaded.
Does anyone else have a similar experience with their research? We feel that this could possibly be due to the experimental design that has been used in previous research: Unlike our research, where we used a paired comparison to compare the stimuli, other research papers typically have done a simple rank ordering. Thoughts, ideas?
Conference Paper Predicting Perceived Screen Clutter By Feature Congestion
Exponential is likely in the correct direction but is definitely not the correct answer. Follow the structure of the eye - dorsal and ventral pathways - for your investigation. Then there is the "what's in it for me" issue with volunteers. A glass of alcohol - one person sees salvation, another sees a chemical mixture of ethanol with other stuff, the third person is looking out of a jail cell. Yep - perception.
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