Research on the perception of Huizhou traditional street nightscapes: a lab experiment using EEG

With the continuous development of the nighttime economy in recent years, urban nocturnal illumination has received widespread attention. The evaluation of night lighting in traditional commercial streets, as a common element of urban history and commerce, is of great importance. In this study, we aimed to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the nighttime illumination of traditional urban streets, exemplified by Tunxi Old Street and Liyang IN Alley, Huangshan City, China, using methods such as electroencephalography(EEG) and the semantic differential technique. Two main results were generated. 1) In the night lighting of traditional commercial streets, reasonable illuminance must be achieved to avoid an incongruous nocturnal atmosphere that substantially affects street quality. 2) Regarding lighting selection, floodlighting produces the best effects, followed by compound lighting, whereas linear lighting yielded the poorest results.