Biography
Kunlin Jin is a first-year student in the Master of Science in Psychological Science program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working under the guidance of Professor Diane Beck. He received his B.A. in Applied Psychology from BNU-HKBU United International College. His undergraduate research explored the relationship between individuals' visuospatial ability and their preference for spatial frequency.
Research Interests
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Visual attention and perception
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Visual aesthetic
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Visual spatial ability
Research Description
Kunlin's primary interest lies in exploring the cognitive processes that enable or restrict people from forming visual representations of the world. He is designing his own research to examine how composition features and image complexity influence the way people process visual stimuli. This work extends the lab's focus by emphasizing the role of visual aesthetics and image complexity in perception.
Recent Publications
Jin. K., Chen, R. (2023). Effects of spatial ability on complexity preference in the aesthetic appreciation of Chinese landscape paintings. Proceeding of the 45th European Conference on Visual Perception, Perception. https://journals.sagepub.com/page/pec/collections/ecvp-abstracts/index/ecvp-2023
Jin, K., & Chen, R. (2023). Interplay between spatial ability and visual complexity in the aesthetic appreciation of landscape paintings. Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1145/3615522.3615543