[Google} Glass may inadvertently disrupt a crucial cognitive capacity, with potentially dangerous consequences.
It starts with a mindset, that every design decision they make affects user emotion in a positive or negative way. Obviously, that means iteration needs to tip the scales to positive emotions, and to do that, the team follows the guiding rationale of psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson, who discovered that it takes three positive emotions to outweigh every negative one.
Interesting application of psychology theory to make design decisions. Good work Google.
Google’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions
Google’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions
Little article on the Symantec blog How we see colour.
Four good examples of how to use psychology in design from Wired magazine (Via Pierce).
1. The Mere Availability Effect
2. Habituation and Defaults
3. Social Proof and Contagion
4. Customer Loyalty
(via Digital Marketing and Behavioural Economics – Pierce Communications)
I’ve never been a big fan of personality tests.
Malcolm Gladwell describes the problem with them far better than I could.
Employers love personality tests. But what do they really reveal?
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My slides from the Future of Web Design London conference last week.
This research suggests that there is a complicated relationship between mood and persuasion. We are driven to pay attention to information that is inconsistent with our current mood. In a positive mood, we pay careful attention to arguments that disagree with our beliefs. In a negative mood, we pay careful attention to arguments that agree with our beliefs.
And other good stuff in this article.
The Complexity of “Simple” Tasks
Good examples of how to analyse procedural knowledge with task analysis.
Great interviews with Dan, one of the leading thinkers in behavioural change (good stuff like reducing carbon footprint).
Lots in there about cognitive biases.
This quote resonates with me “..that’s my Holy Grail: co-created, co-designed behaviour change that actually helps people.”
Always be nice.
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