Clues from Photos (09-06-12)
What can you learn from Facebook photos?
What can you learn from Facebook photos?
New research linking vividness of experience and memory is useful to designers trying to create unforgettable or in some cases forgettable experiences (consider: unpleasant medical tests).
Waterfalls are almost universally judged to be beautiful, but viewing them is not just an aesthetic experience.
Hah investigated the mathematical principles fundamental to the design of many famous structures (including the Sydney Opera House, the US Capital, and Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenheim) as well as building components (e.g., Gothic arches).
We’ve all had déjà vu experiences.
Dijkstra and colleagues have identified a factor that influences how people assess abstract art.
Psychonomic Bulletin and Review recently published a study investigating the effect of coupling images with text.
Researchers at New York University investigated the repercussions of particular sorts of visual experiences on future thoughts.
Information in a new open source article, available at the web address below, can inform the design of slideshow decks that are psychologically powerful.
New evidence confirms that expectations significantly influence perceptions– designers often “see” this situation played out in practice.