Research Design Connection: Benefits of Cutting Visual Clutter
Sabine Kastner, a psychology professor at Princeton, has found that visual clutter impedes professional performance. She has learned that “visual clutter competes with our brain’s ability to pay attention and tires out our cognitive functions over time. . . . Kastner’s . . . studies found that the brain may not be good at blocking clutter. . . . The more objects in the visual field, the harder the brain has to work to filter them out, causing it to tire over time and reducing its ability to function.” When applying this research it’s important to remember that environments that are extremely stark visually are just as stressful for humans as those that are visually cluttered. Michael Blanding. 2015. “Psychology: Your Attention, Please.” Princeton Alumni Weekly, June 3. Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, …
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