Kim Kuhn: English 3450

I've decided to research how document design affects consumer decisions. I actually want to see what I can find out regarding the manipulation of restaurant patrons. Not sure about my research question, but I think I'll come up with it as I figure out where there might be gaps in the research. My 10 tentative sources are: Brown, J. L., Smith, K. C., Welding, K., & Cohen, J. E. (2020). Misleading tobacco packaging: Moving beyond bans on “light” and “mild.” Tobacco Regulatory Science , 6 (5), 369–378. https://doi.org/10.18001/TRS.6.5.6   Flora, C. (2005). Ordering under the influence.  Psychology Today ,  38 (5), 37. Retrieved from             http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=17996649&site=ehost-           live   McKeown, M. M. (2014). Culinary ambiguity: A canonical approach to deciphering menus. Harvard Journal on Legisl...

I honestly don't know what I want to research yet. The funny thing is, I've never considered researching something based on technical usage. I'm curious about scientific issues such the power of sleep or how reading can help heal the brain--which is so weird, because science is not my strong suit. With that said, as I was reading Dr. B's blog, I thought about the research study that Dr. McMurrin told our Technical Writing class about. It was a study on how the eyes move around on a page consisting of technical information, more or less. It would be quite interesting to research this topic and expand upon it if I can. Basically, why do our eyes pick out certain font, color,and  alignment over others, and how long do our eyes naturally focus on different areas of a page? Another topic that would be interesting would be what colors are most effective for different types of technical documents--especially when it comes to emotion--and why are they so effective? Or are they ...