Nothing scares me more… pic.twitter.com/tkzE47xLD2 — Dr. John Mohl (@JohnCMohl) October 29, 2017
31/10/2017
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Month: October 2017
31/10/2017
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How our expectations determine how we process information
Both, top-down and bottom-up processing are the two famous approaches on how we interpret information in cognitive psychology and as humans, we do both. Please read the sentence below: Now read again. Have you skipped over the extra “the” or … Continue reading
29/10/2017
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Stop treating (usability) tests as a substitute for explorative user/design research
Usability tests / evaluating systems are task-based whereas user research is rather explorative – while researching we are exploring the goals, needs and also fears of the people who will use something and gain knowledge about them which will inform … Continue reading
29/10/2017
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Cognitive models as a substitute for quantitative usability tests?
“Cognitive models can serve as a substitute for (quantitative) user tests. User models built with ACT-R can simulate the interaction with a certain task. Cognitive modeling has two advantages over real user tests; first of all no human participants are … Continue reading
29/10/2017
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John McCarthy on AI
Stumbled upon this goodie while researching on cognitive architectures for a course. „(…) a machine isn’t the sum of its parts, if somebody took a car apart and gave you a heap of the parts that wouldn’t be a car … Continue reading
27/10/2017
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Ethics for design – a documentary
This is pretty cool: The „Ethics for Design“ documentary is exploring the role of a designer and design in our societies.
25/10/2017
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The goal of design.
The goal of design is to gain full understanding. Why would you want to hurry that up? — Alan Cooper (@MrAlanCooper) October 24, 2017
10/10/2017
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October edition of Ladies that UX Berlin is coming along!
Our next Ladies that UX Berlin meetup will be Tuesday October 24 hosted by Mozilla Berlin. The location is GSG-Hof Schlesische Straße 27, 10997 Berlin; Gebäude 3, 4.OG – There will also be some signs in the courtyard and staircase. … Continue reading
08/10/2017
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How cognitive biases affect decision making: Anchor heuristics
08/10/2017
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Nature vs nurture smackdown (part 12345)
“[…] and if there is a human nature, what is it?” Turkle, S. The second self: computers and the human spirit
04/10/2017
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On cognitive dissonance and rewards
„We try to reduce the dissonance between how we think we should act and how we actually act by changing one or the other“ This is interesting because it is contrary to incentive / economic theories which claim that the … Continue reading