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Garrett’s team confirms the value of adding sit-stand desks to work areas.
Researchers have linked light intensity to eating behavior.
New research provides insights on whether you should provide space for multiple lines or a single one in areas where people will spend time waiting in queues.
A growing percent of the population is obese, and bariatric design, or developing spaces and objects to meet the specific needs of this group, is receiving increased attention.
Rogers and Milkman have confirmed that physical objects can serve as useful reminders and their work indicates the value of supporting such cues.
Devices are being used to collect information from people in a number of different situations, and the resulting data are being used to guide design.
Applying design-related research done by social and cognitive scientists makes it much more likely that both academic environments and the people in them perform to their full potential, now and in the future.
Simonton has developed an important way to categorize human responses to situations—physical, social, cultural, and otherwise. His work can be used to anticipate how people will respond to situations, to understand how spaces can be designed to support particular responses after they occur, and to determine how to make desired outcomes more likely.
Human survival depends on water. So water, inside and outdoors, has a significant effect on human thoughts and behaviors.