The more stimuli to choose from, the longer it takes the user to make a decision on which one to interact with. Users bombarded with choices have to take time to interpret and decide, giving them work they don’t want.
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Speaking from personal experience, basic tasks can be rather taxing when under stress. Instead, I tend to break it into simple steps to follow. Hick’s Law will be important to implement into my design process, especially for users with neurodivergent conditions such as Autism or ADHD.
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