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Net/ visualizations/colours-in-cultures/ 12 THE MEANINGS OF COLORS VARY BY CULTURE 27 Research on color and moods Research shows that colors affect mood. The restaurant and hospitality industry has studied this a lot. S. orange makes people agitated, so they won’t stay long (useful in fast food restaurants). Browns and blues are soothing, so people will stay (useful in bars). However, in order for a color to affect mood, the person has to be sitting in a room surrounded by that color. The effect does not seem to work if he or she is simply looking at a computer screen that has a particular color on it.

S. phone numbers look like this: 712-569-4532 Instead of having to remember 10 separate numerals, a phone number has three chunks, with four or less items in each chunk. If you know the area code by heart (that is, it’s stored in long-term memory), then you don’t have to remember that part of the number, so you can ignore one whole chunk. Years ago phone numbers were easier to remember because you mainly called people in your area code, so you didn’t have to hold the area code in working memory.

If you want to be sure that people notice a change in their visual fields, add additional visual cues (such as blinking) or auditory cues (such as a beep). Be cautious about how you interpret eye-tracking data. Don’t ascribe too much importance to it or use it as the main basis for design decisions. 20 HOW PEOPLE SEE 9 PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TOGETHER BELONG TOGETHER If two items are near each other (a photo and text for example), then people assume they go together. This connection is strongest for items that are together left to right.

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