Karras, Efstratios Angelos (2022) How Natural Geometry Improves Cognition: The Curious Case of Fractal-Like Nature. Research Master thesis, Research Master.
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Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate whether fractal-like, compared to Euclidean, geometry has an effect on cognitive processes. While drawing from the Attention Restoration Theory and the reported relationship between restorative aspects of environments and nature we explored the possibility of cognitive benefits caused by fractal-like geometry without the existence of cognitive fatigue or attentional depletion. 72 (N) female and male participants were presented, in a within-subjects design, with three different experimental tasks, namely a Processing Fluency task, the Dot Probe Task (DPT) and the Affect Misattribution Procedure (AMP). The findings of this study support the hypotheses that observing natural fractal-like geometry, compared to natural non-fractal geometry, can capture attention but also improve speed and accuracy in cognitive processing of a visual task. On the other hand, no effects were observed by fractal qualities in human designed geometrical shapes and no evidence were produced on whether fractal geometric qualities influence implicit affective responses.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Research Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Unal, A.B. and Steg, E.M. |
| Degree programme: | Research Master |
| Differentiation route: | Social and Organizational Psychology [Research Master] |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2022 07:00 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2022 07:00 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1362 |
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