affective design

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… Read more

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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

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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

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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

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The Christian Science Monitor has an article on recent advances in affective computing… Read more

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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

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The New York Times has an article about how our expectations determine how happy we are… Read more

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I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year from all of us at affective design… Read more

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