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Although eye-tracking research has examined map use, packaging design, and visual interfaces, little is known about whether atlas-cover variables that enhance perceived attractiveness also align with gaze-based visual-attention indicators. This study addresses this gap by examining how color harmony, graphic style, and layout configuration influence subjective and eye-tracking responses to atlas covers. Forty valid participants viewed eight atlas-cover stimuli generated from a\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0359864.e001\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0359864.e001g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0359864.e001\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M1\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                            <mml:mo>\u00d7<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                            <mml:mo>\u00d7<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    within-subject factorial design. Each participant completed two counterbalanced viewing cycles, resulting in 16 trials per participant. The two repeated observations for each participant\u2013cover combination were averaged before linear mixed-effects modeling. The results showed that contrast harmony, concrete landscape imagery, and centralized layouts significantly increased perceived attractiveness. The strongest subjective effect was found for graphic style, with landscape images outperforming map symbols (\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0359864.e002\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0359864.e002g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0359864.e002\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M2\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mrow>\n                              <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">M<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">D<\/mml:mi>\n                            <\/mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>0.66<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n            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For eye-tracking indicators, centralized layouts produced longer total fixation duration (\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0359864.e008\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0359864.e008g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0359864.e008\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M8\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mrow>\n                              <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">M<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">D<\/mml:mi>\n                            <\/mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>0.34<\/mml:mn>\n                            <mml:mi>\u00a0<\/mml:mi>\n                  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Color harmony showed smaller effects on visual exploration, whereas graphic style mainly affected initial attentional orienting. Mixed-effects association models showed no robust associations between perceived attractiveness and the four gaze-based indicators after Holm\u2013Bonferroni correction (all\n                    <jats:inline-formula id=\"pone.0359864.e012\">\n                      <jats:alternatives>\n                        <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"pone.0359864.e012g\" mimetype=\"image\" position=\"anchor\" xlink:href=\"info:doi\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0359864.e012\" xlink:type=\"simple\"\/>\n                        <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" display=\"inline\" id=\"M12\">\n                          <mml:mrow>\n                            <mml:msub>\n                              <mml:mi>p<\/mml:mi>\n                              <mml:mrow>\n                                <mml:mrow>\n                                  <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">H<\/mml:mi>\n                                  <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">o<\/mml:mi>\n                                  <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">l<\/mml:mi>\n                                  <mml:mi mathvariant=\"normal\">m<\/mml:mi>\n                                <\/mml:mrow>\n                              <\/mml:mrow>\n                            <\/mml:msub>\n                            <mml:mo>\u2265<\/mml:mo>\n                            <mml:mn>0.110<\/mml:mn>\n                          <\/mml:mrow>\n                        <\/mml:math>\n                      <\/jats:alternatives>\n                    <\/jats:inline-formula>\n                    ). These findings suggest a partial dissociation between aesthetic evaluation and gaze-based visual attention, supporting a dual-layer logic in which layout guides visual organization, while color harmony and graphic style enhance affective appeal and thematic expressiveness.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0359864","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,8]],"date-time":"2026-10-08T17:49:26Z","timestamp":1791481766000},"page":"e0359864","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Aesthetic preference and gaze-based visual attention in atlas-cover design: Evidence from an eye-tracking study"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-0764-5270","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Pizhao","family":"Hu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Art and Design, Wuhan Institute of Technology","place":["Wuhan, China"]},{"name":"School of Art and Media, Hubei Business College","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hao","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Art and Design, Wuhan Institute of Technology","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-3985-4152","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Yuhui","family":"Gui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Art and Design, Wuhan Institute of Technology","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1174-1344","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Nai","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)","place":["Wuhan, China"],"department":["School of Information Engineering"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gangqiang","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Art and Media, Hubei Business College","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zixi","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Art and Design, Wuhan Institute of Technology","place":["Wuhan, China"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"340","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"pone.0359864.ref001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"101","DOI":"10.1177\/030913257800200106","article-title":"The historical development of cartography in China","volume":"2","author":"CS Chen","year":"1978","journal-title":"Prog Hum Geogr"},{"key":"pone.0359864.ref002","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Greize L, Apele D. 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