Sorry, Chuck, but those are hardly the only books on the application
of psychological principles to graphics.
I myself did some work in this area in my book"Things that make us
smart" many years ago. The books I would now recommend are those by
Colin Ware. One excellent example is:
Ware, C. (2008). Visual Thinking for Design. Morgan Kaufmann Series in
Interactive Technologies.
This is not to disparage Steve Kosslyn's work. Steve is very good.
But to say he is the only one in this field is to do everyone else a
real disservice. (People like Barbara Tversky, for example. But she so
far only has journal articles. No book.)
Don
On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Charles Burnette
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> Dear list,
>
> Someone earlier requested information about research on graphic design:
>
> Although it isn't quite research in the sense mean't in the query, two books
> by Stephen Kosslyn, a cognitive neuroscientist with many works on perception
> and mental imagery should be of value. They are the only books I know of
> that anchor graphic design to psychological principles (even though the
> focus is primarily on graph design).
>
> I hope they are helpful. (Excuse this late reply.)
> Chuck
>
> Stephen M. Kosslyn, 1993; Elements of Graph Design, Amazon.com
> Stephen M. Kosslyn, 2007; Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles
> for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations, New York, Oxford University Press
>
Don Norman
Nielsen Norman Group
Breed Professor of Design, Northwestern University
Co-Director MMM (MBA + MEM): Co-Director Segal Design Institute
Visiting Distinguished Professor. KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
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On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Charles Burnette
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> Someone earlier requested information about research on graphic design:
>
> Although it isn't quite research in the sense mean't in the query, two books
> by Stephen Kosslyn, a cognitive neuroscientist with many works on perception
> and mental imagery should be of value. They are the only books I know of
> that anchor graphic design to psychological principles (even though the
> focus is primarily on graph design).
>
> I hope they are helpful. (Excuse this late reply.)
> Chuck
>
> Stephen M. Kosslyn, 1993; Elements of Graph Design, Amazon.com
> Stephen M. Kosslyn, 2007; Clear and to the Point: 8 Psychological Principles
> for Compelling PowerPoint Presentations, New York, Oxford University Press
>
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