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Applying Psychology to Product Design, UX and technology. Expanding on the book by Joe Leech (@mrjoe).
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Psychology for Designers

Applying Psychology to Product Design, UX and technology. Expanding on the book by Joe Leech (@mrjoe).
  • Home
  • Psychology Books
  • Psychology Links
  • Psychology Workshops
  • The author – Joe Leech

How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist 

  • by mrjoe
  • May 25, 2016

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… Read More »How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist 

Improve Your Designs With Gestalt Psychology

  • by mrjoe
  • May 10, 2016May 10, 2016

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:… Read More »Improve Your Designs With Gestalt Psychology

Cognitive Biases That Could Be Helping You Make Bad Decisions or the evil side of Psychology

  • by mrjoe
  • April 6, 2016

Source: Twenty Cognitive Biases That Could Be Helping You Make Bad Decisions | IFLScience

Beware of neuro-bunk

  • by mrjoe
  • March 7, 2016

Dissecting the Tricks Built Into New York’s Balthazar Resturant Menu

  • by mrjoe
  • March 1, 2016March 7, 2016

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… Read More »Dissecting the Tricks Built Into New York’s Balthazar Resturant Menu

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens

  • by mrjoe
  • February 25, 2016March 7, 2016

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… Read More »The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens

The Brain: A neural network built entirely in Quartz Composer

  • by mrjoe
  • February 17, 2016

A basic AI algorithm. Very neat.

Architectures brief love affair with psychology is overdue a revival

  • by mrjoe
  • September 10, 2015

Source: Architectures brief love affair with psychology is overdue a revival

Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens

  • by mrjoe
  • July 13, 2015

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… Read More »Everything Science Knows About Reading On Screens

UX Crash Course: User Psychology 

  • by mrjoe
  • May 28, 2015

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.… Read More »UX Crash Course: User Psychology 

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"It blew my mind."

"Doesn’t just reel off studies, but teaches you how to research for yourself. Wonderful."

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Resources

The links to the studies and examples I’ve used in this book on Delicious

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