Jon Hensley looks at real-world examples to illustrate psychology principles in use so that you can begin to use them in your own designs.
Source: Improve Your Designs With The Principles Of Similarity And Proximity (Part 1) – Smashing Magazine
Improve Your Designs With Gestalt Psychology
Dissecting the Tricks Built Into New York’s Balthazar Resturant Menu
The psychology of menu design is the psychology of design and best of all the restaurant environment is pretty controlled so we can measure the results. Here’s some more psychology based design tips from menu design.
Posted in psychology
Tagged menu, restaurant
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March 1, 2016
The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens
A good, in-depth look at the psychology of reading
E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages
Source: The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens – Scientific American
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Tagged perception, reading
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February 25, 2016
The Brain: A neural network built entirely in Quartz Composer
A basic AI algorithm. Very neat.
Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens
We’ve adapted our reading habits to fit our screens, but at a cost.
Source: Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens | Co.Design | business + design
UX Crash Course: User Psychology
A great series of articles that give a good overview of Psychology and UX. Gets a bit spiritual later on but good stuff none the less.
How to Create Visual Relationships With Contrast & Similarity
If you’ve attended one on my Psychology for Designers workshops you’ll know the psychology behind these techniques.
How to Create Visual Relationships With Contrast & Similarity.
