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Jon Yablonski is a designer, speaker, and author known for his work at the intersection of psychology and user experience design. He has contributed to major digital products and is recognized for creating the popular website lawsofux.

Known for: Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

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Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services

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Laws of UX explores how psychological principles can be applied to digital design to create more intuitive and user-friendly experiences. Jon Yablonski distills key concepts from cognitive psychology and behavioral science into practical design guidelines, helping designers make informed decisions that align with human behavior and perception.

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Understanding Human Psychology in UX

Before exploring the specific laws, I want to emphasize why psychology is indispensable to design. Every interaction between a user and a digital product is filtered through the mind’s architecture: perception, attention, and memory. When someone lands on a webpage, their visual system instantly beg...

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Hick’s Law: The Cost of Too Many Choices

Hick’s Law describes a principle that’s deceptively simple: the more choices a person has, the longer it takes them to decide. Early experiments by psychologists William Edmund Hick and Ray Hyman revealed that increasing the number of options raises decision time logarithmically—not linearly. In use...

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About Jon Yablonski

Jon Yablonski is a designer, speaker, and author known for his work at the intersection of psychology and user experience design. He has contributed to major digital products and is recognized for creating the popular website lawsofux.com, which inspired this book.

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