Designing for Emotion ch 2

Agree: I agree with the statement that the human mind scans for patterns. I always catch myself scanning for patterns and now I know why. When something contrasts a pattern, it interrupts the flow of what I am seeing or has visual contrast. Patterns really draw attention and people are able to notice when they are interrupted. The examples of the webpages demonstrated negative space and contrast which simplifies it for users. This chapter simplified the concept of contrast and patterns and gave insight to why our eyes and brain respond the way that they do.

Disagree: I personally disagree with the baby-face bias principle that was discussed at the beginning of chapter two of “Designing for Emotion” by Aaron Walter. I disagree with this principle because I, personally, do not get the “trigger waves of positive emotions when I see a little one’s face,” (A. Walter, pg 275-276). As the author stated, an emotional connection occurs when a person becomes a parent and maybe I do not feel like baby-face is something that is emotion provoking because I am not a parent. I just do not deal with “cutesy” things well and I do not think babies or baby-face is a universal concept because it does not provoke the same emotions for everyone. I saw a funny meme online the other day and I posted it below. It really describes how I feel about babies. I love them and I appreciate them and I am a fantastic nanny, but I just do not think I have the true maternal instincts that all women claim to have.