Effect of Colored Overlays on Reading Comfort in People with and without Meares-Irlen Syndrome

• IMAIZUMI Shu

  Chiba University

• HIBINO Haruo

  Chiba University

• KOYAMA Shinichi

  Chiba University

抄録

People with Meares-Irlen syndrome (MIS) perceive visual distortions and abnormal brightness in text. Translucent colored overlays may alleviate these symptoms, making reading more comfortable. We examined various colors' effect on reading comfort, and whether colored overlays affect reading in Japanese participants with and without possible MIS. Participants read Japanese syllabary (Hiragana) and English alphabets with ten colored overlays (purple, rose, peach, orange, yellow, green, light blue, blue, blue-gray, and gray), and without overlay. After reading the texts, participants ranked each overlay color's reading comfort. In both the Hiragana and English alphabet conditions, participants with possible MIS ranked the blue-gray and light blue overlays highly, and normal controls ranked blue-gray, gray, green, and light blue highly. These results suggest that bluish-colored overlays make reading more comfortable in people with and without MIS.

収録刊行物

• International Journal of Affective Engineering

  International Journal of Affective Engineering 15 (1), 21-28, 2016

  日本感性工学会

キーワード

• Visual perception
• Color
• Reading

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282680458839808
• NII論文ID: 130005123754
• DOI: 10.5057/ijae.ijae-d-15-00048
• ISSN: 21875413
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ijae/15/1/15_IJAE-D-15-00048/_pdf
• 本文言語コード: en
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