🧠Psychology of Design: 101 Cognitive Biases & Principles That Affect Your UX
A complete list of cognitive biases and design principles with tons of examples, checklists and quizzes to help you improve your user experience.
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We don’t have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model
Behavioral economics has identified dozens of cognitive biases that stop us from acting 'rationally'. But instead of building up a messier and messier picture of human behavior, we need a new model.
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