Surprising new findings on memorable information graphics
Doctoral student Michelle Borkin of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, recently set out to discover what makes a visual memorable. She discovered several interesting things that can be useful considerations:
1. Six colors or more make an image more memorable than few colors
2. "Human Recognizable Objects" or things that people routinely see in their lives, greatly increase memory retention.
3. Roundness was found to have a favorable impact. Previous research has shown humans love Read more