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Integration of User-Centric Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives in Experimental Design Research

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This chapter deals with the experimental investigation of user-centred, rather than technology-centred, perspectives on engineering design. It explores how experimental approaches can be used to assess and capture the cognitive as well as emotional mechanisms that underlie the perception of human–product interaction and other facets of design cognition. The focus of the chapter is on the experimental research of product design, exploring key features of methods based on applied psychological and neuroscientific theories, concepts, methods and data.

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  1. University of Bamberg, Markusplatz 3, 96047, Bamberg, Germany

    Claus-Christian Carbon

  2. Research Group for Ergonomics, Psychological Æsthetics and Gestalt (EPÆG), Bamberg, Germany

    Claus-Christian Carbon

  3. Bamberg Graduate School of Affective and Cognitive Sciences (BaGrACS), Bamberg, Germany

    Claus-Christian Carbon

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    Mario Štorga

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Carbon, CC. (2016). Integration of User-Centric Psychological and Neuroscience Perspectives in Experimental Design Research. In: Cash, P., Stanković, T., Štorga, M. (eds) Experimental Design Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33781-4_7

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