Spatial frequencies in aesthetic website evaluations - explaining how ultra-rapid evaluations are formed

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 731-742

  Thielsch, Meinald T ^a   Hirschfeld, Gerrit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Vodafone Foundation Institute and Chair for Children's Pain Therapy and Paediatric Palliative Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; First impression; Repetition priming; Spatial frequency; Website evaluation; Website perception

Indexed keywords

AESTHETICS; FIRST IMPRESSION; REPETITION PRIMING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY; WEBSITE EVALUATION; WEBSITE PERCEPTIONS;

HIGH PASS FILTERS;

WEBSITES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOENGINEERING; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866381630     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.665496     Document Type: Article

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