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Slidedeck from LegUP talk in June 2014. 3 parts discuss the importance of understanding how the brain uses memory and senses to help you be social and to be happy. Also how important it is to understand the natural changes in memory over life. You can see a video of the event at http://new.livestream.com/L4L/futureedtech/videos/54235096 You can learn about workshops that enable greater understanding at www.sensoryUX.com
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LegUPLondon
June 2014
Alastair@acuity_design
Memory and Minds
Memory and Age
Memory and Senses
2 warnings
Neuroscience is not certain
Neurotypical persona &
neuro-spectrum
Memory and Minds
Our brains are social
We remember what we want to share
Think about Playgrounds and Schoolrooms
Memory activation is keyed around
knowledge that is shareable for social
advantage or harmonisation
Sharing underlies memory and stories
are how they are shaped
Be careful
Narrative is strong
It can be difficult to dislodge false stories
Neuroergonomics
Narrative has weight
3 useful ideas
Create perceivable information
Enable tolerance of error
Design for low effort
Memory and Age
Our brain wants to help us
To be social
To be happy
Memory changes over life
Why?
Memory changes as our capabilities and
needs change
Our brain works round physical changes and impairments
A few moments of your memory life
Baby
Embedded capabilities
Young Person
Childhood Amnesia
Youth
Memory Bump
Middle Age
Nostalgia
Old Age
Anecdote
Design to work with the life rhythm of
memory
Memory and Senses
Memory recall needs our senses
We remember the past with the senses
of the present
Hippocampus is like Grand Central Station
We reassemble memories from current sensory
information
Create multimodal
sensory learning
moments
Maintain strong
sensory actions now
Use the present to enable the past
Test for confusion
Watch out for audio and timing
Design in alignment with our brains and
memory
Questions?
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