33—a Psychological Scale for Fabric Stiffness

Elder, H. M.; Fisher, Stephen; Hutchison, Grant; Beattie, S. Michael

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“…The psychophysical relationships of subjective perception of softness and stiffness with fabric compression, percentage compressibility, flexural rigidity, coercive couple, and drape coefficient were studied by Elder et al, using Steven's power law [42,60,134]. They found that the significance of Steven's power law relationship varies with different combinations of perception and objective properties and with different types of fabrics.…”

Section: Perception Of Fabric Handmentioning

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The Science of Clothing Comfort

Li¹

2001

Textile Progress

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“…Elder etal. {\^%^) [134] described a psychological scale for fabric stiffness. In this paper, the authors selected drape coefficient, measured through the Cusick Drapemeter, as the objective measure of stiffness, instead ofthe flexural rigidity measured by the Cantilever.…”

Section: Fabric Stiffnessmentioning

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The Science of Clothing Comfort

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2001

Textile Progress

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“…Fabric studies have used both trained and untrained panelists for evaluating tactile hand with sight allowed (Yick et al 1995;Mackay et al 1999;Alimaa et al 2000) or without sight allowed (Winakor et al 1980;Elder et al 1984Elder et al , 1985Brooks 1991;Hui et al 2004;Philippe et al 2004) by blindfolding panelists or having panelists put their hands inside a box to feel the fabrics. Several researchers have used the AATCC test method (Burns et al 1995;Crews and Rich 1995;Robinson et al 1997) in which blocking the view of the panelists may or may not be done and did not state which was used.…”

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Color Has Little Effect on Perception of Fabric Handfeel Tactile Properties in Cotton Fabrics

Yenket

Chambers

Gatewood

2007

Journal of Sensory Studies

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Many authors suggest evaluating the tactile hand properties of textiles in such a way that the sample cannot be seen, but this can be a cumbersome procedure. This study tested the effect of a strong visual attribute, color, on hand perception of fabrics in both descriptive and consumer studies. Panelists evaluated four cotton fabrics: poplin, flannel, knit and twill, each dyed five colors: white (no dye), dark blue, light blue, pink and yellow. In the descriptive study, minimal differences were found for only one color, yellow, in one fabric type, poplin, for four attributes: gritty, hand friction, fabric friction and softness. For the consumer study, only "brightness," a visual perception, and "harshness," which may be either visual or tactile, were different across fabrics from one color to another. Based on this study of color effects, there appears to be negligible impact of visual perception on tactile hand evaluation. This data would suggest there is little need to block the view of fabrics during hand evaluation in either descriptive or consumer studies. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONSData from this study suggest that the need to go to extraordinary means, such as blindfolding panelists, to block potential visual bias in tests of fabric 3 Corresponding

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“…More recently, however, psychophysical methods have been used in an attempt to &dquo;build a bridge of understanding between objective and subjective measurement&dquo; of tactile properties of fabrics [8]. In contrast to psychological scaling, psychophysical scaling involves the measurement of a single sensation in relation to its initiating physical stimulus; physical stimuli of known intensities are used to evoke the sensations under investigation.…”

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Sensorial Comfort

Sweeney

Branson

1990

Textile Research Journal

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This study was part of an overall effort to explore the feasibility of using psychophysical methods to assess one component of sensorial comfort, moisture sensation in clothing, We have used a psychophysical approach to assess the relationship between moisture stimulus intensity and moisture sensation in subjects for one body location and using one fabric type. Thirteen subjects used the method of magnitude estimation to assess the intensities of moisture stimuli applied to their backs; there were highly significant differences between magnitude estimates of the moisture levels. Results showed that subjects were in good agreement on the rank order of the moisture levels. The relationship between moisture stimulus and moisture sensation demonstrated a psychophysical power function. Magnitude estimation offers the clothing comfort investigator the advantage of maintaining closer correspondence between objective and subjective measures over the usual psychological scaling methods used.

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33—a Psychological Scale for Fabric Stiffness

Cited by 18 publications

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Color Has Little Effect on Perception of Fabric Handfeel Tactile Properties in Cotton Fabrics

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