Persistent pop-up reminders such as “Complete your purchase,” or notifications warning that “Items in your cart are selling fast” are examples of dark patterns—also known as deceptive design practices ...
If you have ever solved a Rubik’s Cube, you know the look of awe on faces of those who have not. The ability to go from an orderly, same-colored set of six sides to chaos of unmatching colors and then ...
Past psychology and behavioral science studies have identified various ways in which people's acquisition of new knowledge can be disrupted. One of these, known as interference, occurs when humans are ...
Our memory records details and detects patterns in everyday life—often without us even realizing it. Researchers at Lund ...