WOOD RESEARCH Volume 61, Number 5, 2016
Sha Sha Song, Qian Wan, and Ge Ge Wang

Eye movement evaluation of different wood interior decoration space

In order to improve people’s living quality and ameliorate their living environment, making the full use of the environmental characteristics of wood materials in the building and interior decoration become more and more important. In this paper, the development and application of eye tracking technology is summarized, and the development trend of eye movement research in the field of wood environment is reviewed. Through an eye tracking experiment research on indoor wood decoration space to explore if different specialty, the sex, the wooden interior proportion factor have significant effect on people’s judgment on the picture preference or not. Make exploration of people for different wood interior decoration environment preference and visual cognitive style, providing new ideas and methods for room decoration design. On the other side, through the study of the eye movement to explore the wood interior decoration environment has an objective and effective and scientific significance.

WOOD RESEARCH Volume 61, Number 1, 2016
Sha Sha Song and Benhua Fei

The psychological effects of different types of housing environment under different weather conditions

In order to improve the quality of human being’s living and working environment, different types of wood structure building, ecological architecture and green building are advocated due to their lots of advantages. This study compared three types of houses in different weather conditions on people’s psychological and physiological indexes. The results showed that the temperature, electrocardiograph, heart rate and respiratory rate of people in different types of housing environment are different. Most of the physiological indexes in structural glued laminated and wood structure environment were better than those in steel and concrete structure environment, and most of the physiological indexes in structural glued laminated environment were better than those in the timber structure environment. It means that subjects of the test are easy to had comfortable and relaxed feeling in the glued laminated and timber structure environment. This provided theoretical support for the use of the product by scientific and efficient ways, and guidance for design and application of the construction of the wooden structure environment in the future.

Nezaradené / WOOD RESEARCH Volume 62, Number 3, 2017
Sha Sha Song, Benhua Fei, Xiao Huan Wang, Jun Ni, and Li Hongyao

Effects of different types of housing environments on the physical index and physiological index

The aim of this present study was to promote the quality of living environment, and create a healthy living environment through advocating for low carbon and green buildings. An additional aim is gaining recognition for wood structured housing, thus gaining recognition in customers and consumption to further promote the green ecological and sustainable development of wood structured houses. This work examined the physical environment indexes and physiological indexes of the participants in three different structure types of housing environment with behavioral analysis (CAPTIV) and environmental data (BAPPU) synchronous test system. The results of the MANOVA revealed a significant main effect for the housing environment indexes with temperature, moisture content, noise, illumination, air flow rate and skin temperature, ECG, and respiration of three different structure types (log, glulam, reinforced concrete). In comparison, the influence of the physical environment factors in both the log structure and the glulam structure housing were better than the reinforced concrete structure housing. It indicated that woody housing environment was benefit to the health of habitants. Participants were interested in the log structure and glulam structure housing environment with joy and comfortable feelings. Different proportion of building environment and interior wooden decoration proportion can influence different cognitive and feelings of habitants. Therefore, wooden housing environment is helpful to adjust emotion, relieve work pressure and improve tasty, which would provide people with both physical and mental benefits.

WOOD RESEARCH Volume 63, Number 4, 2018
Qian Wan, Ge Ge Wang, Ya Chi Zhang, Sha Sha Song, Ben Hua Fei, and Xiao He Li

Cognitve processing torword traditional and new chinese style furniture evidence from eye-tracking technology

Eye-tracking technology was shown to have the ability to indicate human’s cognitive preferences toward objects. Using eye-tracking technology to study the cognitive preferences on different Chinese furniture style may have the potential to promote the furniture design from a novel perspective. Experiment was designed to test the differences of eye movement index (total fixation time, average fixation counts and average pupil diameter) within variables of gender, major and furniture styles. Participants were asked to observe two sets of different styles of Chinese furniture pictures on computer screen. Significant differences of total fixation time and average fixation counts were found between different furniture styles (p<0.01), gender (p<0.001), but not in major (p>0.05). Significant difference was also found in average pupil diameter in different furniture styles (p<0.01) and gender (p<0.01).Subjects’ fixation time stayed longer on new Chinese style furniture pictures than traditional furniture pictures. The results indicated that compared to traditional Chinese style furniture, people tend to take more interest in the new Chinese style furniture. Gender as a factor had a significant influence on the cognitive processing towards the viewing of pictures of the Chinese style furniture. Meanwhile, subjects paid more attention to the decorative details on the furniture, implying appropriate design and decoration may improve people’s interest to the furniture.

WOOD RESEARCH Volume 63, Number 1, 2018
Qian Wan, Sha Sha Song, Xiao He Li, Qi Zhang, Xiao Yang, Ya Chi Zhang, Ben Hua Fei, and Li Hong Yao

The visual perception of the cardboard porduct using eye-tracking technology

Consumers’ visual perception towards the product’s appearance can largely affect their preference and purchase intention of the product. Recently, the cardboard product, as a kind of environmentally friendly product, is becoming more and more popular in the market. Therefore, understanding the perception of consumers’ visual evaluation toward different cardboard products is crucial for cardboard product design. This study used eye-tracking technology and subjective evaluation together to investigate people’s visual perception evoked by different cardboard products. Nine different cardboard products’ pictures chosen from the internet were divided into three different types and three different assembly structures. Participants were then asked to observe those pictures when their eye movement behaviors were recorded by an eye tracker. Additionally, a questionnaire about the participant’s fondness and purchase of those cardboard products were filled out after the eye-tracking test. Consumers spent less average fixation duration on the cardboard product with more usability and more familiar form to evaluate their appearances. And stronger fondness and purchase intention of those kinds of cardboard products were showed in consumers’ visual perception. The exploring of the eye movement measurement on the visual perception can provide an accurate method for designers to better understanding the consumer’s fondness and purchase intention of the cardboard product. Taking consumers’ eye tracking metrics into account may help the product design meet their real needs in the cardboard product market.