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Title:

My Three-Year Old Is My Usability Expert

Your vote:
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Organizer:
Dave Stanton, The Poynter Institute
Description:
Children are perfect testers for the innate usability of visual structures. Learn how neuroscience and cognitive psychology research can make your designs and interfaces more intuitive.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What are usability studies?
  2. How does vision work?
  3. What are the different types of vision?
  4. How do people process visual design?
  5. How are experiences encoded to memory?
  6. How are conceptual links made within memory?
  7. What does visual design trigger cogntive response?
  8. How can you make user testing more robust?
  9. What types of material make for good research prototypes?
  10. How do you run usability studies on the cheap?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Content, Education, Interface Design, User Experience, Visual Design
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
Al Kirby
on 17/8/09
Sounds interesting Dave. Looking forward to it, that's if SCHED pays my way for the work I been doing for them ;-)
Boaz Dvir
on 17/8/09
I'd love to hear the answers to most of these interesting questions!
Dave Stanton
on 20/8/09
Interesting connections between vision, cognition and memory. Fascinating to me and absolutely worthwhile for designers. Hope I have the chance to speak.
Mimi Sall
on 20/8/09
you got my vote.
Susan Spinogatti
on 21/8/09
Very interesting.
anna simmons
on 21/8/09
I suspect Apple uses 2 year olds to test iPhones!
Cindy Royal
on 2/9/09
Accessibility is so important and the bit thing these days is User Experience. If it's difficult to use, the user experience will be negative. I look forward to this panel!
free online games
on 24/10/09
Interesting connections between vision, cognition and memory. Fascinating to me and absolutely worthwhile for designers. Hope I have the chance to speak.
iphone ringtone maker
on 7/11/09
Love it! Look forward to seeing this in the mix of options when I arrive in Austin!
anunturi online
on 18/11/09
great topic and good info. regards
MOD Converter
on 29/11/09
Fantastic! A session on RIA Accessibility is long overdue!
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