# Psychology

## Pages

- [Affordances vs. Signifiers: The Invisible Language of Design](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/concepts/affordances-vs-signifiers/)
  Discover the crucial difference between Affordances (what an object can do) and Signifiers (the signal that tells us how to do it) to create intuitive and easy-to-use interfaces.
- [Chunking in UI Flows: Intelligent Fragmentation](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/techniques/ui-flow-chunking/)
  Learn to apply chunking in your interfaces and user flows to break information into manageable blocks, reducing cognitive load and improving success rates.
- [Cognitive Load Management in UX](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/concepts/cognitive-load-management/)
  Learn to manage cognitive load in interface design to reduce user mental fatigue, improve information retention, and optimize the usability of your digital product.
- [Error Prevention vs. Recovery: A Forgiving Interface](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/concepts/prevention-vs-recovery-errors/)
  Learn to design interfaces that prevent user errors before they occur and offer clear recovery paths when failure is inevitable.
- [Fitts's Law: Reach and Ergonomics in UI](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/concepts/fittss-law/)
  Learn how Fitts's Law influences the speed and accuracy of user movement to select targets in a digital interface, improving the ergonomics of your designs.
- [Hick's Law: Decision and Response Time](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/concepts/hicks-law/)
  Learn how Hick's Law influences user decision-making and how to reduce response time by simplifying options in your digital interface.
- [Mental Models of Undo and Redo: Time in the Interface](https://www.fernandoux.com/en/wiki/concepts/mental-models-undo-redo/)
  Learn how users perceive time travel in digital interfaces through Undo and Redo models, and how to design them for complex collaborative environments.


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