Preferred Moods
The mood that people idealize feeling is influenced by their culture.
The mood that people idealize feeling is influenced by their culture.
Commuting stress influences subsequent workplace behaviors in a way that is similar to noise in an office environment.
Curved contours on objects are preferred to sharp angled contours. This finding has implications for the design of places, and for furniture.
In this study, researchers comprehensively examined how color hue, saturation, and brightness relate to viewer pleasure and energy level.
Color symbolism has an important influence on response to particular environments. Aslam presents information about the variety of meanings particular colors have in different parts of the world.
Increases in temperature can actually be perceived as decreases in temperature if they are coupled with variations in the velocity of air movement in a space.
The metaphors linking power and vertical position (e.g., “He’s moving up in the world”) seem to tie into an important judgment that humans make unconsciously.
People who see themselves as generally independent from other people think that angular shapes are more attractive, and people who perceive themselves as primarily interdependent with others find rounded shapes more attractive.
When shown images, Asians tend to focus more on the image as a whole, while Westerners are more apt to focus on foreground.
Restorative experiences are currently a popular field of research. Two recent articles explore the concept of restoration in different contexts.