Archive for the 'Emotion & Business' Category
Older People Are Less Affected By Unpleasant Info?
Reuters has an article about how older people are less affected by unpleasant information. This is an interesting finding, since it has previously been found that negative, unpleasant information is more motivating and captures more attention than positive information…
“Affluenza” and Consumerism
Reuters has an article about “Affluenza“; how rampant consumerism appears to be increasing the incidence of depression and mental illness all over the globe… Read more
Retailers Use Emotions for Persuasion
Last September, I was in Sweden to give a presentation at Design and Emotion 2006. While shopping in a local department store, I came across a pair of pants that I liked… Read more
The Personality of Apple’s Products
The recent introduction of the iPhone has me thinking again about how Apple excels at communicating a consistent personality for each of their products… Read more
Pain, Pleasure and Purchase Decisions
An article on ScienceBlog.com discusses how researchers have used a functional MRI to image the brains of shoppers while they make purchase decisions… Read more
Materialism and Self-Esteem in Children
Medical News Today has an article about how feelings of self-esteem affect materialistic values in youths and adolescents…
Road Rage on the Information Highway
EE Times has an article about how people exposed to poorly designed and hosted websites exhibit symptoms similar to those experienced during road rage… Read more
Positive Emotions Foster Creativity
A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that positive moods foster creative thought…
Tapping into the “Empathic Economy”
Creative Generalist has an interview with Jane Fulton Suri from IDEO about tapping into what she calls the “empathic economy”… Read more
