Chronobiology of pupil dilation in design students during idea generation
Colombo, Samuele and Gero, John S. and Mazza, Alessandro and Cantamessa, Marco (2024) Chronobiology of pupil dilation in design students during idea generation. Procedings of the Design Society, 4. pp. 925-934. ISSN 2732-527X (https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2024.95)
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Abstract
Chronobiology studies physiological variations due to the time of day, an unexplored factor in design research. This paper explores the effect of time of day on designers' physiological responses in idea generation. Convergent (CT) and divergent (DT) thinking, as building blocks of designing, are explored using pupil dilation as a proxy for cognitive load. Time of day and educational background are explored for engineering and industrial designers. Results show a larger pupil diameter in the afternoon than in the morning, especially for DT, with higher values for industrial designers.
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Colombo, Samuele
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Item type: Article ID code: 92313 Dates: DateEvent16 May 2024Published1 May 2024AcceptedSubjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering design Department: Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 11 Mar 2025 16:33 Last modified: 11 Mar 2025 17:02 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/92313