Recent Posts Tagged With 'Psychology'

• Don Norman on the three ways that good design makes you happy

  Posted on Sunday March 29th, 2009 at 06:02 in Psychology, linkblog

  Don Norman talks about visceral, behavioral, and reflective design. About Don A. Norman Don Norman is the author of the classic The Design of Everyday Things, Emotional Design: Why We Love (or Hate) Everyday Things and The Design of Future Things: Au...

• Stephen Palmer on Aesthetic Science: Understanding Preferences for Color and Spatial Composition

  Posted on Sunday February 22nd, 2009 at 11:57 in art, Psychology, linkblog

  Stephen Palmer, Professor of Psychology & Cognitive Science, University of California, Berkeley, reports results from three projects that investigate people’s aesthetic responses to spatial and color composition. The results show that ...

• Barry Schwartz talks about “The Paradox of Choice- Why Less is More”

  Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 13:40 in videos, Psychology, linkblog

  More choice doesn’t necessarily mean better options or greater satisfaction. In fact, Barry Schwartz would like to suggest the opposite. Schwartz, an American psychologist talks about the abundance of choice in modern society, and why less choi...