Research Design Connection: Visual Distractions and Insights
Recently completed research by Salvi, Bricolo, Franconeri, Kounios and Beeman links eliminating visual distractions and searching for insightful solutions to problems. The researchers found that study âparticipants blinked more frequently and for a longer total duration prior to problems that they solved by insight rather than by analysis.â This finding is consistent with carefully monitoring the visual complexity of spaces where insightful/creative thinking is encouraged, and keeping it to a moderate level. It also supports incorporating blank walls and similar areas in these sorts of places. âBlinking the Eyes for Inspiration.â 2015. Observer, vol. 28, no. 8, p. 9. Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designersâ work are presented in straightforward language. Readers learn about the latest research …
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