Reduced empathizing skills increase challenges for user-centered design

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1327-1330

  Hudson, William ^a  

^a Syntagm Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Designer behavior; Empathy; Social issues; User centered design

Indexed keywords

DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGNER BEHAVIORS; EMPATHY; INTERACTION PROBLEMS; LARGE-SCALE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATION; SOCIAL ISSUES; USER CENTERED DESIGNS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DESIGN;

EID: 84892451330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1518701.1518901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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