Thirty hypotheses on interface aesthetics

Also published on UX Collective : https://uxdesign.cc/emotions-and-micro-expressions-in-ux-research-user-testing-a58b66612de

Describing the aesthetic phenomenon – the appearance of a sensory or intellectual attraction in the experience – of user interfaces and proposing hypothetical explanations.

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Micro-expressions in user testing: when users betray their true emotional states

Also published on UX Collective : https://uxdesign.cc/emotions-and-micro-expressions-in-ux-research-user-testing-a58b66612de

In a professional experience I was unexpectedly sent to Spain, where I don’t speak the language, for a user testing session of a system I did not design with the promise of a translator. Once there, no translator. Nice. But the possibility of capturing the video of the faces of the users and their interactions with the tested system.

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Canvas for down-to-earth approach of applying methods in psychology to user research

Also published on Medium : https://medium.com/@paulamatdesign/psycho-socio-methodology-canvas-for-ux-research-d622c8e0cd2d

One of the observations I have made in my few business experiences is the difficulty of setting up a UX Research operation upstream or during a project.

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