Composers, novelists and film directors try to end on a high. Restaurants keen to manipulate their online reviews have found a similar trick.
Source: Tim Harford — Article — How the sense of an ending shapes memory
How the sense of an ending shapes memory
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist
A great piece on ethics, psychology and digital design.
I’m an expert on how technology hijacks our psychological vulnerabilities. That’s why I spent the last three years as Google’s Design Ethicist caring about how to design things in a way that defends a billion people’s minds from getting hijacked.
Source: How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
Improve Your Designs With Gestalt Psychology
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
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
