Symmetry and aesthetics in website design: It's a man's business

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1831-1837

  Tuch, Alexandre N ^a   Bargas Avila, Javier A ^a   Opwis, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Classical aesthetics; Expressive aesthetics; Gender effects; HCI; Web design

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL AESTHETICS; EXPRESSIVE AESTHETICS; GENDER EFFECTS; HCI; WEB DESIGNS;

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

WEBSITES;

EID: 77956185255     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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