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Micro-phenomenology

Micro-phenomenology is a qualitative research method for exploring subjective experience through detailed, guided introspection. Developed by Claire Petitmengin, this method uses specialized interview techniques to help participants articulate pre-reflective, embodied experience—the lived moment-to-moment texture of interacting with a system. Unlike standard interviews (which ask abstract questions) or think-aloud protocols (which are concurrent and potentially disruptive), micro-phenomenology guides participants to re-live and describe specific moments of experience in granular detail, revealing tacit knowledge and non-conscious processes.

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Micro-phenomenological Method
Taxonomic method record · hypothesis-test / human-computer-interaction
  • Petitmengin, C. (2006). Describing one's subjective experience in the second person: An interview method for the science of consciousness. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 5(3-4), 229–269. · DOI 10.1007/s11097-006-9022-2
  • Varela, F. J., & Shear, J. (1999). First-person methodologies in the science of consciousness. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 6(2-3), 1–14. · URL
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