Conscious experiences are characterized by mental qualities, such as those involved in seeing red, feeling pain, or smelling cinnamon. The standard framework for modeling qualities represents them via points multidimensional spaces, where distances between inversely correspond to degrees of phenomenal similarity. This article argues that the is structurally inadequate and develops a new more po...

Computational representation of spatial qualities can lead us to a better understanding of how we construct spatial concepts. Analyses of spatial qualities can support architects in reasoning about the form of a configuration, helping them predict the consequences of a design. In this paper we present three definitions (enclosure, viewfield, continuity) that describe experiential qualities of a...

3D surface models are often stored as indexed face sets, whereas algorithms can typically treat only a subset of the so-representable surfaces. Besides this gap between “potential” input and “allowed” input, more and more algorithms specify their input requirements at a high level of abstraction (e.g. “natural” shapes), and this makes it difficult to automatically assess the appropriateness of ...

Multiple measures exist that examine the attentional aspects of meditation practice, but measurement of the compassion component is relatively understudied. This paper describes the development and initial validation of a scale designed to measure application of the four immeasurable qualities at the heart of Buddhist teachings: loving kindness, compassion, joy and acceptance toward both self a...

Over the last ten years, computer graphics researchers have labored intensely to strengthen the physical foundations of computers graphics. We now need to step back and examine the nature of scenes our end-users wish to render, and what qualities these rendered images must possess. Humans view these images, not machines, and this crucial distinction must guide the research process, lest we beco...

The "Urban Village Approach" is one of the most appropriate ways to eliminate recent urban problems, including social, environmental, cultural, and economic shortcomings. Although the urban village approach is generally proper to resolve these types of flaws, its combination with the democratic concept of urban design can definitely provide more effective solutions. So at first, this ...

It is claimed that perception is the result of objective measurement and subjective reaction, when people immerse in an environment. This statement is the main theme of this paper. This study tries to set a framework in analyzing built environment that is to comply with human perceptive processes. The approach of this article presents a methodology to assess the perceptual environment . The pa...