Some useful stuff from Google Google I/O 2013 – Cognitive Science and Design (by GoogleDevelopers) “This session will provide an in-depth look at human perception… Read More »
Future of Web Design Workshop Slides, Notes and Handouts
Here’s all the stuff from the Psychology for Designers workshop Dave Ellender and I ran at Future of Web Design in May. Slides & notes… Read More »Future of Web Design Workshop Slides, Notes and Handouts
Experts in Human Emotion
A great set of videos from experts in human emotion. Highlights include: -What is an emotion? -Emotion and judgment -Pleasure and reward in the brain… Read More »Experts in Human Emotion
Restaurant menu psychology: tricks to make us order more
More restaurant menu ‘tricks’. From wine-appropriate music to authentic-sounding foreign names, restaurateurs have many ways to persuade diners into ordering high-profit meals Restaurant menu psychology:… Read More »Restaurant menu psychology: tricks to make us order more
I don’t know about you, but to me Wednesday is sun-shiney yellow. Tuesday is hunter green, Thursday purple-ish blue and Friday a deep red. Monday… Read More »
[Google} Glass may inadvertently disrupt a crucial cognitive capacity, with potentially dangerous consequences. Why the Google team didn’t take psychology into account when designing Glass,… Read More »
Google’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions
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… Read More »Google’s Dead-Simple Tool For Making UX Decisions
How We See Colour
Little article on the Symantec blog How we see colour. 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.… Read More »
Employers love personality tests. But what do they really reveal?
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.… Read More »Employers love personality tests. But what do they really reveal?