Emotion Measurements Through the Touch of Materials Surfaces.

dilation of the pupil emotion explicit and implicit measures material touch

Journal

Frontiers in human neuroscience
ISSN: 1662-5161
Titre abrégé: Front Hum Neurosci
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101477954

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 18 05 2019
accepted: 12 12 2019
entrez: 4 2 2020
pubmed: 6 2 2020
medline: 6 2 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The emotion generated by the touch of materials is studied via a protocol based on blind assessment of various stimuli. The human emotional reaction felt toward a material is estimated through (i) explicit measurements, using a questionnaire collecting valence and intensity, and (ii) implicit measurements of the activity of the autonomic nervous system, via a pupillometry equipment. A panel of 25 university students (13 women, 12 men), aged from 18 to 27, tested blind twelve materials such as polymers, sandpapers, wood, velvet and fur, randomly ordered. After measuring the initial pupil diameter, taken as a reference, its variation during the tactile exploration was recorded. After each touch, the participants were asked to quantify the emotional value of the material. The results show that the pupil size variation follows the emotional intensity. It is significantly larger during the touch of materials considered as pleasant or unpleasant, than with the touch of neutral materials. Moreover, after a time period of about 0.5 s following the stimulus, the results reveal significant differences between pleasant and unpleasant stimuli, as well as differences according to gender, i.e., higher pupil dilatation of women than men. These results suggest (i) that the autonomic nervous system is initially sensitive to high arousing stimulation, and (ii) that, after a certain period, the pupil size changes according to the cognitive interest induced and the emotional regulation adopted. This research shows the interest of the emotional characterization of materials for product design.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32009917
doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2019.00455
pmc: PMC6978750
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

455

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Bertheaux, Toscano, Fortunier, Roux, Charier and Borg.

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Auteurs

Cyril Bertheaux (C)

Université de Lyon, ENISE, LTDS, UMR 5513 CNRS, Saint-Étienne, France.

Rosario Toscano (R)

Université de Lyon, ENISE, LTDS, UMR 5513 CNRS, Saint-Étienne, France.

Roland Fortunier (R)

Université de Lyon, ENISE, LTDS, UMR 5513 CNRS, Saint-Étienne, France.
ISAE-ENSMA, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France.

Jean-Christophe Roux (JC)

Université de Lyon, ENISE, LTDS, UMR 5513 CNRS, Saint-Étienne, France.

David Charier (D)

University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, SNA-EPI Laboratory, EA 4607, CHU, Université de Lyon, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.

Céline Borg (C)

University Hospital of Saint-Étienne, CMRR Neuropsychology, Department of Neurology, Université de Lyon, Saint-Priest-en-Jarez, France.

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