Using Eye-Tracking to Understand Human Responses to Traditional Neighborhood Designs

New research in brain and cognitive science is changing how we understand how people perceive and experience the built environment, offering key opportunities for urban planning, urban design, and architecture. Sixty-three college students looked at different scenes of New York City public buildings...

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Published in:Planning, practice & research practice & research, 2020-10, Vol.35 (5), p.485-509
Main Authors: Hollander, Justin B., Sussman, Ann, Purdy Levering, Alex, Foster-Karim, Cara
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Brain
Built environment
Cognitive ability
Cognitive science
College students
Design
Eye fixation
Eye movements
Eye tracking
Fixation
Neighborhoods
New York City
Public buildings
Roads & highways
Site planning
Symmetry
Tracking
traditional neighborhood design
Urban areas
Urban environments
Urban planning
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Summary:New research in brain and cognitive science is changing how we understand how people perceive and experience the built environment, offering key opportunities for urban planning, urban design, and architecture. Sixty-three college students looked at different scenes of New York City public buildings in a set up with  an eye tracker in front of a monitor displaying images. Half of the images had design characteristics exemplary of traditional neighborhood design (TND) (like narrow streets, complex facades, and bilateral symmetry). Subjects tended to show greater eye fixation on building fenestration in TND environments, as opposed to the non-TND environments.
ISSN:0269-7459
1360-0583
DOI:10.1080/02697459.2020.1768332