Neon's CEO, Sophie Lebrecht, presents at ONA 2015 about how to use tips gleaned from neuroscience and big data to pick more effective images for your site.
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Audio of presentation available here: http://ona15.journalists.org/sessions/videocognition/#.VgmA_I9Viko
46. How do I entice viewers
without using “click-bait”?
47. The human visual system is sensitive
to detailed information, so you can pick
images with subtle differences that lead to
big changes in click-through.
48. 1. Brightness
2. Saturated color
3. Joint attention
4. Famous faces
5. Instability
6. Off-screen attention
Reasons to select an image
49. 1. Text on the image
2. Blurred
3. Too much of one color
4. Eyes closed
5. Too polished / non-natural
Images to avoid