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Abstract：
Touch plays a crucial role for humans. Despite its centrality in sensory experiences, the field of haptic aesthetics is underexplored. So far, existing research has revealed that preferences in the haptic domain are related to stimulus properties and the Gestalt laws of grouping. Additionally, haptic aesthetics is influenced by top-down processes, e.g., stimulus familiarity, and is likely to be modulated by personality and expertise. To further our understanding of these influences on haptic aesthetic appraisal, the current study investigated the imagined haptic aesthetic appeal of visually presented material surfaces, considering the role of haptic expertise, Need for touch, personality traits. The results revealed a positive influence of familiarity, simplicity, smoothness, warmth, lightness, dryness, slipperiness and a negative influence of complexity on individuals\' aesthetic responses. While the study failed to support the predicted influence of Need for touch and haptic expertise on aesthetic responses, results did reveal an influence of openness to experience, conscientiousness and neuroticism. Despite the limitations related to the indirect stimuli presentation (vision only), the findings contribute to the relatively unexplored role of bottom-up and top-down features in haptic aesthetics that might be incorporated into the design of consumers\' products to better meet their preferences.
摘要：
触摸对人类起着至关重要的作用。尽管它在感官体验中占有中心地位，触觉美学领域的探索还不够深入。到目前为止,现有研究表明，触觉领域的偏好与刺激属性和格式塔分组定律有关。此外,触觉美学受到自上而下过程的影响，例如，对刺激的熟悉程度，并可能受到个性和专业知识的调节。为了进一步理解这些对触觉美学评价的影响，当前的研究调查了视觉呈现的材料表面的想象触觉美学吸引力，考虑到触觉专业知识的作用，需要触摸，人格特质。结果显示了熟悉程度的积极影响，简单，平滑度,温暖,亮度,干燥度,滑溜和复杂性对个体审美反应的负面影响。虽然这项研究未能支持需要触摸和触觉专业知识对审美反应的预测影响，结果确实揭示了对经验开放的影响，责任心和神经质。尽管存在与间接刺激呈现相关的限制(仅限视觉)，这些发现有助于自下而上和自上而下的特征在触觉美学中相对未被探索的作用，这些特征可能被纳入消费者的产品设计中以更好地满足他们的喜好。
