COHERENCE, COMPLEXITY AND NOVELTY PERCEIVED IN WRIST DEVICES FOR RUNNERS

Abstract

This article presents research that aimed to analyze the effects of coherence, complexity and novelty of sports wrist devices for runners on Perceived Visual Quality. The Facet Theory was used for the research design and the Multiple Sorting Procedure and Similarity Structure Analysis methods were employed for the collection and analysis of the collected data, respectively. Empirical evidence points out that the three categories of pulse response devices analysed in this study adhered to the proposed assessment that participants are more influenced by pulse devices for runners with low contrast (high coherence) and moderate complexity, and prefer the typical style in relation to Perceived Visual Quality, and that there is no consensus of results between male and female runners in the population addressed.