January 2015
Beginner to intermediate
294 pages
7h 11m
English
Content preview from Badass: Making Users Awesome
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The Challenge What Experts Do Help Them Move Forward Support Cognitive Resources
Design Reduce Cognitive Leaks Escape the Brain’s Spam Filter
Brains care about young, helpless, things.
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The Challenge What Experts Do Help Them Move Forward Support Cognitive Resources
Design Reduce Cognitive Leaks Escape the Brain’s Spam Filter
Brains care about things that cause a
feeling. Even if your brain has no idea
why
you nd that thing funny, it nds your
emotional response (even a subtle one)
reason enough to get past the spam lter.
I’m sensing a chemical surge.
Could be
joy
. I better tag this thing
as “possibly important.”
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The Challenge What Experts Do Help Them Move Forward Support Cognitive Resources
Design Reduce Cognitive Leaks Escape the Brain’s Spam Filter
Brains pay attention to things that
are odd, surprising, unexpected.
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The Challenge What Experts Do Help Them Move Forward Support Cognitive Resources
Design Reduce Cognitive Leaks Escape the Brain’s Spam Filter
Brains want things
resolved
.
What happens next?
Brains want the answer.
The Zeigarnik Effect drains ...
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