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<title>Personas, Goals, and Emotional Design</title>
<shortdesc>When Don Norman&apos;s most recent book, Emotional Design, hit the shelves in early 2004, it sent a ripple through the user experience world. Norman introduced the idea that product design should address three different levels of cognitive and emotional processing: visceral, behavioral, and reflective. This idea seemed like old news to some and a revelation to others in the UX community. In either case, Norman&apos;s ideas, based on years of cognitive research, provide an articulated structure for modeling user responses to product and brand and a rational context for many intuitions long held by professional designers.</shortdesc>
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<p>When Don Norman&apos;s most recent book, Emotional Design, hit the shelves in early 2004, it sent a ripple through the user experience world. Norman introduced the idea that product design should address three different levels of cognitive and emotional processing: visceral, behavioral, and reflective. This idea seemed like old news to some and a revelation to others in the UX community. In either case, Norman&apos;s ideas, based on years of cognitive research, provide an articulated structure for modeling user responses to product and brand and a rational context for many intuitions long held by professional designers.</p>
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<li><a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Articles">All works in 'Articles'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/User-Centered-Design">'User Centered Design'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Emotions">'Emotions'</a>, <a href="http://tc.eserver.org/dir/Personas">'Personas'</a></li>
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