---
title: "Cognition — Persuasive Design Patterns"
created: "2026-07-02"
updated: "2026-07-02"
type: "entity"
status: "compiled"
category: "ui-patterns"
namespace: "ui-patterns"
source_url: "https://ui-patterns.com/patterns"
source_site: "UI Patterns"
track: "Persuasive Design Patterns"
group: "Cognition"
pattern_count: 25
confidence: "medium"
---
# Cognition — Persuasive Design Patterns

> Category map imported from [UI Patterns](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns).

## Scope

This category groups 25 cataloged source pages under `Cognition` / `Persuasive Design Patterns`. It is a navigation layer, not a copy of the source site.

## Patterns

### Loss Aversion

- [[decoy-effect|Decoy Effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/decoy-effect)
- [[endowment-effect|Endowment Effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Endowment-effect)
- [[framing|Framing]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/framing)
- [[ikea-effect|IKEA effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/ikea-effect)
- [[loss-aversion|Loss Aversion]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Loss-aversion)
- [[negativity-bias|Negativity bias]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Negativity-bias)
- [[optimism-bias|Optimism Bias]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/optimism-bias)
- [[status-quo-bias|Status-Quo Bias]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Statusquo-bias)
- [[sunk-cost-effect|Sunk Cost Effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/sunk-cost-effect)
### Other cognitive biases

- [[cashless-effect|Cashless Effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/cashless-effect)
- [[choice-closure|Choice Closure]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/choice-closure)
- [[curiosity|Curiosity]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/curiosity)
- [[delay-discounting|Delay Discounting]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/delay-discounting)
- [[illusion-of-control|Illusion of control]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Illusion-of-control)
- [[inaction-inertia-effect|Inaction Inertia Effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/inaction-inertia-effect)
- [[need-for-closure|Need for Closure]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Need-for-closure)
- [[peak-end-rule|Peak-end rule]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Peakend-rule)
- [[present-bias|Present Bias]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/present-bias)
- [[priming-effect|Priming Effect]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/priming-effect)
- [[set-completion|Set Completion]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/set-completion)
- [[temptation-bundling|Temptation Bundling]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/temptation-bundling)
- [[value-attribution|Value Attribution]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Value-attribution)
### Scarcity

- [[limited-choice|Limited Choice]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Limited-choice)
- [[limited-duration|Limited duration]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Limited-duration)
- [[scarcity|Scarcity]] — [source](https://ui-patterns.com/patterns/Scarcity)