Alongside the disciplines that are usually considered part of “User Experience,” the profession draws on approaches from many academic and professional disciplines, including:
Physiology/Anthropometry
Anthropology
Cognitive psychology
Behavioral Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Sociology
Social Psychology
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science
Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering
Library Science
Film
Design
Art
Communications
Technical Communication
Business
There are many ways of illustrating the relationship between usability and related fields, for example:
The usability vectors on the UPA web site illustrate that usability is one of a number of related disciplines with the common goal of a good user experience.
An early contribution to the Usability BoK, illustrating which disciplines contribute to which usability activities (Lisa Battle, 2004).
