Immersive Art Exhibitions: Sensory Intensity Effects on Visitor Satisfaction via Visitor Attention and Visitor Experience

The rise of multisensory-immersive technology has transformed visitor experiences in museums, yet a notable gap remains in distinguishing between immersive and traditional exhibitions. This study examines the added value of immersive exhibitions over traditional formats, specifically how sensory intensity influences experiential satisfaction. A survey of 356 participants who visited either a digital immersive exhibition rich in visual and auditory stimuli or a traditional art museum exhibition with limited sensory inputs (mainly by eyes) reveals that immersive experiences significantly enhance attention, experience, and overall satisfaction. The findings also suggest that visitor attention is a valuable extension to the experience economy model, with esthetic, entertainment, and escapism dimensions substantially contributing to satisfaction. The study highlights the importance of integrating sensory inputs to capture visitor attention, thereby extending the experience economy framework through an exploration of cause-and-effect relationships. Practical implications for museum management are discussed, offering insights for optimizing visitor engagement.This research work was supported by the CSC-VUB scholarship. Acknowledgments We thank the two museums for their permission in the data collection: the Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (MSK) and “Meet the Masters” in the Brussels Dynasty Building. We also acknowledge the use of ChatGPT (version 3.5, OpenAI) for language refinement, guided by the prompt: “Please revise it to improve the grammar with a scholarly tone.” The tool was employed under strict oversight by the authors to ensure the originality and integrity of the manuscript content

Estimating social contact rates for the COVID-19 pandemic using Google mobility and pre-pandemic contact surveys

During the COVID-19 pandemic, aggregated mobility data was frequently used to estimate changing social contact rates. By taking pre-pandemic contact matrices, and transforming these using pandemic-era mobility data, infectious disease modellers attempted to predict the effect of large-scale behavioural changes on contact rates. This study explores the most accurate method for this transformation, using pandemic-era contact surveys as ground truth. We compared four methods for scaling synthetic contact matrices: two using fitted regression models and two using "na & iuml;ve" mobility or mobility squared models. The regression models were fitted using the CoMix contact survey and Google mobility data from the UK over March 2020-March 2021. The four models were then used to scale synthetic contact matrices-a representation of pre-pandemic behaviour-using mobility data from the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands to predict the number of contacts expected in "work" and "other" settings for a given mobility level. We then compared partial reproduction numbers estimated from the four models with those calculated directly from CoMix contact matrices across the three countries. The accuracy of each model was assessed using root mean squared error. The fitted regression models had substantially more accurate predictions than the na & iuml;ve models, even when models were applied to out-of-sample data from the UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. Across all countries investigated, the linear fitted regression model was the most accurate and the na & iuml;ve model using mobility alone was the least accurate. When attempting to estimate social contact rates during a pandemic without the resources available to conduct contact surveys, using a model fitted to data from another pandemic context is likely to be an improvement over using a "na & iuml;ve" model based on mobility data alone. If a na & iuml;ve model is to be used, mobility squared may be a better predictor of contact rates than mobility per se.This research was conducted as part of the first authors (Em Prestige) pre-doctoral fellowship funding by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR); grant number: NIHR301994. Funders did not play any role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Em Prestige is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Modelling and Health Economics, a partnership between the UK Health Security Agency, Imperial College London and LSHTM (grant code NIHR200908). Disclaimer: “The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR, UK Health Security Agency or the Department of Health and Social Care.

CAD2Render: A Modular Toolkit for GPU-accelerated Photorealistic Synthetic Data Generation for the Manufacturing Industry

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Are You Engaged With Bodily Signals? Validation of the German Version of the Interoceptive Sensitivity and Attention Questionnaire (ISAQ) in Convenience Samples and Pathological Illness Anxiety

The conscious engagement with neutral and symptom-related bodily signals (i.e., interoceptive sensibility) is an important transdiagnostic factor whose assessment remains challenging. In two studies, we examined the psychometric properties and the validity of the German Interoceptive Sensitivity and Attention Questionnaire (ISAQ) assessing two convenience samples (N = 365 and N = 254), adults at risk for rosacea (N = 376) and 44 outpatients with pathological illness anxiety compared to 40 controls. Confirmatory factor analyses indicated the structure of the German ISAQ is best represented by the 3-factor model of the original version (F1: sensitivity to neutral bodily sensations, F2: attention to unpleasant bodily sensations, and F3: difficulty disengaging from unpleasant bodily sensations) with an acceptable model fit after consideration of modification indices. Reliability was acceptable for F1 and F2, but poor for F3. Higher correlations of F1 with measures of functional and of F2/F3 with measures of dysfunctional body focus indicated validity. Measurement invariance to the Dutch original was partially met. Persons with illness anxiety scored significantly higher in all ISAQ subscales. Comparable to the original, the German ISAQ is a valid instrument to assess neutral and negative body perception. The third subscale should be interpreted cautiously.The authors would like to thank the students who helped to carry out the online survey of Study 1 (R. Büsching, J. Kirsch, M. Leitner, C. Ruth, A. Wanke, K. Zeidler, L. Zucchello) and people helping with the data acquisition for Study 2 (K. Lang, F. Jutzi, A. Müller, D. Schäfer), as well as Studies 3 (L. Leonhardt, H. Chen) and 4 (J. Ratayczak, A. Marcu, T. Slotta)

It Takes Two: de juridische uitdagingen van dementie in een partnerrelatie

Eerste plaats op de posterwedstrijd van Alzheimer Liga Vlaanderen tijdens hun eerste preventiecongres in Antwerpen

Revolutionizing Health Education: The Impact of Innovative practice

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