Archive for January, 2007
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
One Step Closer To Emotional Machines
The Christian Science Monitor has an article on recent advances in affective computing… 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
Expectations Determine Happiness
The New York Times has an article about how our expectations determine how happy we are… Read more
