Below are various sites, presentations, people and other sources of information that have great ideas we can apply to Web design.

Sites dedicated to psychology, persuasion, neuroscience, games mechanics and other topics Web designers might find interesting.

Monthly “Made to Stick” Column for Fast Company

WHY? Brothers Dan and Chip Heath offer up tons of great ideas based on solid research.
Companion site to the highly recommended book Nudge

WHY? Discover lots of great studies into behavioral economics.
Bokardo, where Joshua Porter writes about social Web design

WHY? Psychology applied to Web design with the discussion of Avatars (and trust), Microcopy, Lewin's Equation, and more!
Kathy Sierra's blog Creating Passionate Users

WHY? Though no longer active, the posts here are a goldmine! Think cognitive science (in practical terms) crossed with great customer experiences

Also worthy of your attention:

The Fun Theory: Series of videos that explores how simply making things fun can change behaviors for the better.
Building Web Reputation Systems: The Blog: The content here is an invaluable, deep dive into reputation systems.
MindHacks Blog: Site to accompany the MindHacks book, which explores 100 interesting observations about how our brains work.
BJ Fogg: BJ Fogg has been writing about and researching persuasive technology for years! Some great ideas and frameworks backed by solid research.
Design With Intent: The only project I've come across that is similar (but different!) to the Mental Notes cards. Highly Recommended!
PsyBlog: Stay on top of lots of interesting Psychology studies...
The Social Brain: "Looks at research pitched at the three levels of brain, individual behaviour and social organisation."
Design & Behavior: "Concerned with how design and technology can have an effect on the way that people behave."
What Makes them Click?: Regular ideas from neuroscience applied to Web design.
Incentive Intelligence: All about incentives and rewards.

(Soon: Research papers and articles on specific topics will be found in the cards section)

Harnessing the Science
of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

WHY? Cialdini wrote the most famous book on persuasion. Here are those same ideas distilled in a short article.
Want to Perfect your Company's Service? Use Behavioral Science by Richard B. Chase and Sriram Dasu

WHY? Good intro to five principles from Behavioral Science
The Neuroscience of Leadership by David Rock and Jeffrey Schwartz

WHY? Five counterintuitive findings from neuroscience. (registration required and worth it!)
Managing with the Brain in Mind by David Rock

WHY? Neuroscience take on our social nature (Registration required, worth it!)

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