Visual aesthetics and the user experience

Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings

Volumn 8292, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mahlke, Sascha ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

emotional user reactions; non instrumental qualities; User experience; visual aesthetics

Indexed keywords

EMOTIONAL USER REACTION; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; MEASUREMENTS OF; NON INSTRUMENTALS; NON-INSTRUMENTAL QUALITY; PERCEIVED USABILITY; QUALITY PERCEPTIONS; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS; USERS' EXPERIENCES; VISUAL AESTHETICS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85174224070     PISSN: 18624405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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