Neuroanatomical Correlates of Perceived Usability
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Two fMRI studies link perceived usability to action, language and emotion regions rather than only visual aesthetics: static webpages (400 sampled, 492 crowd ratings, 25 pages selected per beauty/usability level) produce premotor, precentral, anterior cingulate and frontal language activations and somatosensory mirroring; dynamic interaction videos shift usability-related activation into primary motor cortex. The work uses fMRI with BOLD contrast and behavioral ratings to claim distinct neuroanatomical correlates and partial overlap with aesthetic networks.
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