I came across an interesting discussion today on the Peltzman Effect on the Golden Gate bridge. The bridge has recently seen an unexpected increase in speeding due to introduced forced …
An interview with Barry Schwartz on the Paradox of Choice
UIE’s Jared M. Spool has recently had the opportunity to speak with Professor Barry Schwartz about his research on how people make choices, his book The Paradox of Choice: Why …
Barry Schwartz and The Paradox of Choice
Mark Hurst has written an informative summary of his conversation with Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, a new book which discusses excessive choice, choice overload, anxiety, and …
Characteristics of Being In Flow & current literature
Victor Bayin has commented on the ACM Ubiquity article by Benjamin B. Bederson titled, Interfaces for Staying in the Flow. I haven’t read it yet, but it looks like an …
Paralysed man sends e-mail by thought
A Nature article comments on how a Paralysed man is able to send e-mail by thought The device allows the patient to control a computer or television using his mind, …
The Encyclopedia of HCI
The Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction will be published in 2005 and will be edited by Dr. Claude Ghaoui of Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Laughter causes same high as cocaine
A recent Nature article reports that laughter can have the same affects as being high on cocaine.
Irene Pepperberg on cognitive and communitive abilities of birds
There is also a great article by Irene Pepperberg on the cognitive and communicative abilities of animals. The article makes reference to a MIT project called, Rover@Home which was a …
HCI International 2003 Conference
10th International Conference on Human – Computer Interaction is to be held on June 22-27, 2003 in Crete Greece. The conference will cover, Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with …
Brain region affects our attraction to beautiful people
An interesting article in New Scientist, on the discovery of a region of the brain called the ventral striatum, which affects our attraction to beautiful people. www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991412