Let's say you find yourself in the middle of a test session and the user you're with isn't doing the best job of articulating their thoughts and feelings. You should remain vigilant in listening to the participant, but you can also focus more of your attention on their nonverbal behaviors like posture, hand gestures, facial expressions, etc.
Key Lime Interactive's CEO, Ania Rodriguez, and User Experience Researcher, Matt Bruce, as demonstrate common situations in UX research and some of the more relevant emotions to pick up on while observing users.
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• Introductions (About Key Lime and Speakers, 3 minutes)
• Mehrabian Formula (2 minutes)
• Emotions that will be covered: (20 minutes)
• Confidence
• Confusion
• Frustration
• Questions (5 minutes)
Intro: The Role of Body Language
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Reducing moderator bias
Don’t let the participant know
what you are thinking
• Watch your own verbal language
• Watch your own body language
• Exemplify consistent neutrality
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Adjusts their posture
Moderator Tips
• Create rapport, but don’t mirror the participant
• Probe further, mentioning the adjustment in posture
• Ask user to explain what prompted the adjustment (determining the root cause)
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Makes certain hand gestures
Moderator Tips
• Create rapport, but don’t mirror the participant
• Probe, so talk to me about what’s happening/what just happened?
• Probe, “What could be done to make this more clear?”
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Makes certain facial expressions
Moderator Tips
• Create rapport, but don’t mirror the participant
• Probe, “I noticed you smiled/laughed, talk to me about that.”
• Ask the user to elaborate a bit on the usefulness of this content they found amusing, seeing if it was helpful
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Thank you!
Join us on Thursday, April 7th at
12:00PM (EST) for Part 2 of our
Body Language Webinar Series.
• Part 1: Intro to Body Language
• Part 2: Facial Expressions
• Part 3: Facial Recognition & Data Analysis