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handprint : color vision
aptly described as "more in one place than I've ever read about colour in my life. A perfect encyclopaedia" by http://sarra.tumblr.com, where I first found it
http://www.handprint.com/LS/CVS/color.html
Tags: color, reference, vision, theory, art, graphics, colour, light, research, cognitive Saved by: admin at 18 Jan 2010

Short-Term Memory and Web Usability (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Summary: The human brain is not optimized for the abstract thinking and data memorization that that websites often demand. Many usability guidelines are dictated by cognitive limitations.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/short-term-memory.html
Tags: usability, webdesign, memory, psychology, nielsen, cognitive, design, ux, cognition, hci Saved by: admin at 08 Dec 2009

Penn Gazette | Essays | Notes from the Undergrad
atient’s room. Indeed, yawning does increase when you’re tired, and it may be the brain’s way of gently telling you that a little rejuvenat
http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/1109/expert.html
Tags: health, science, brain, neuroscience, yawn, interesting, yawning, medicine, cognitive, exercise Saved by: admin at 28 Nov 2009

Web exclusive: 'The emerging moral psychology' by Dan Jones | Prospect Magazine April 2008 issue 145
Even when explicit reasons appear to have the effect of changing people’s moral opinions, the effect may have less to do with the logic of the arguments than their power to elicit the right emotiona... Read more
http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=10126
Tags: social, rational, psychological, philosophical, persuasive, neurological, moral, loyal, just, intuitive Saved by: admin at 29 Jun 2009