Title
Augmented Happiness: Simple Color Changes Influence Users' Conceptual Choices
Abstract
Color is a powerful visual property and is used to make interferences about the world. However, no theoretical framework is available that explains precisely where color associations come from and how they affect psychological functioning, making it difficult to predict how color affects human-computer interaction. This paper aims at closing this gap by suggesting an Embodied Cognition view on color, which assumes that the aggregate of our perceptual color experiences is part of the mental representation of tactile object attributes and thus systematically influences our abstract thinking via the process of metaphorical mapping. An empirical study is presented in which hues and saturation of objects were manipulated via Augmented Reality. Participants matched objects to abstract concepts, e. g., happiness. 83 % of the participants' choices were correctly predicted, suggesting that color information is considered during the processing of abstract information. Eight color-to-abstract-concept mappings are recommended and possible areas of application are discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/978-3-319-22723-8_20
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION - INTERACT 2015, PT IV
Keywords
Field
DocType
Augmented reality, Color, Embodied cognition, Conceptual metaphor
Computer science,Hue,Augmented reality,Embodied cognition,Human–computer interaction,Happiness,Multimedia,Color psychology,Perception,Empirical research,Mental representation
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
9299
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
7
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Diana Löffler1269.71
Wolfgang Paier211.45
Takashi Toriizuka391.94
Mio Ikeda400.34
Jörn Hurtienne526844.65