Design and Merchandising Spatial Perception and Cognitive Experience Laboratory

We use eye-tracking technology to investigate occupant gaze behaviors and visual attention in constructed and virtual environments. Our interdisciplinary approach combines expertise in interior architecture, graphic design, communications, and cognitive science to develop tangible solutions using research findings in evidence-based processes for real-world applications.

Our neurodesign processes for environmental branding and interior wayfinding involve diverse stakeholders, which also provides CSU students with hands-on learning opportunities at varying levels through engaged research and co-design practice.

Our healthcare research focuses on the relationship between the perceived spatial volume of interior settings and occupant physical performance. Our attention is also given to occupants’ perception of color context and visual attention to the interior elements in wayfinding.

We investigate the relationship between body awareness and spatial perception and how it can contribute to design processes. We also examine how individuals’ physical performance is affected by their perception of the architectonic context of constructed and virtual environments, working in collaboration with researchers in occupational therapy.