Is beautiful really usable? Toward understanding the relation between usability, aesthetics, and affect in HCI

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1596-1607

  Tuch, Alexandre N ^a   Roth, Sandra P ^a   Hornbæk, Kasper ^b   Opwis, Klaus ^a   Bargas Avila, Javier A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Beauty; Emotion; Interface design; Usability; User experience

Indexed keywords

AESTHETICS; BEAUTY; EMOTION; INTERFACE DESIGNS; USABILITY; USER EXPERIENCE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84863727469     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.03.024     Document Type: Article

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