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Doors afford the action of entry and exit from an enclosed space. Although doors usually swing about an axis of rotation which falls along one of its side edges, certain types of doors, like pivot doors, rotate about an intermediate point, with the surface of the door extending on both sides of the axis of rotation. The current study investigates the optical information available to detect the axis of rotation in pivot doors. Participants clicked on the axis of a rotating panel simulated on a computer, as quickly and accurately as possible. Texture on the panel and background were varied, along with the position of axis of rotation. Response time was faster, and accuracy was better when there was texture in either the background or panel or both, compared to no texture at all. The results suggest the importance of texture information in the design of doors and built environments.

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Effect of texture on perception of axis of rotation of pivot doors

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