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Abstract: . . . environmental psychology Page 1 PsychNology Journal, 2004 Volume 2, Number 3, 282 - 303 282 Fundamentals of User Perception and Interaction: Environmental Psychology applied in a study of web pages Henrik Wimelius ? Umeå University, Department of Informatics, Sweden ABSTRACT This paper explores the possibility of using theories and concepts . . . . . . and “aesthetics” and discuss their respective place in the model. 5. Discussion - a model of interaction with web pages The analysis of the material gathered from the study has resulted in the following model that aims to describe interaction between users and web pages as well as the previously described central attributes. The conceptual framework by Orians and Heerwagen, presented earlier in this text, constitute the main part of the model, however the model is also extended with the two concepts . . . . . . study 3D computer-based environments. Since many 3D environments actually try to map real world contexts, knowledge from environmental psychology might be of great importance in both the design process and the understanding of the actual interaction and perception. Page 21 Environmental Psychology of Web Pages 302 Finally, trying to implement ideas and theories deriving from environmental psychology in designing different types of applications would be interesting from many standpoints. For example, . . . . . . http://www.theremediproject.com/. (2004-01-12) Vnunet.com. Accessed at http://www.vnunet.com/. (2004-01-12) Page 22 H. Wimelius 303 Wysocki, F.A (2001). Impossibly distinct: On form/content and word/image in two pieces of computer-based interactive multimedia. Computers and Composition, (18), 209-234. . . . . . . environmental psychology Page 1 PsychNology Journal, 2004 Volume 2, Number 3, 282 - 303 282 Fundamentals of User Perception and Interaction: Environmental Psychology applied in a study of web pages Henrik Wimelius ? Umeå University, Department of Informatics, Sweden ABSTRACT This paper explores the possibility of using theories and concepts from the field of environmental psychology . . . . . . University of Chicago Press. Herzog, T & Smith, G.A (1988). Danger, Mystery, and Environmental Preference. Environment and Behavior, vol. 20(30), 320-344. Kaliber. The Designers Lunchbox . Accessed at http://www.k10k.net/. (2004-01-12). Kaplan, S (1995). Environmental Preference in a Knowledge-Seeking, Knowledge- Using Organism. In Barkow, J.H, Cosmides, L & Tooby, J (Eds.). The Adapted Mind: Evolutionary Psychology and the Generation of Culture (581-598) . New York: Oxford University Press. Orians, G.H . . . --3000,6,250,2964,43602
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