100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People
by Susan Weinschenk · Susan Weinschenk
Behavioral psychology research on vision, memory, attention, motivation, and decision-making distilled into short illustrated principles, showing designers how to predict user behavior and apply those findings to build more usable and persuasive interfaces and products.
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