Creativity Linked to Color Green (03-30-12)
A team led by Lichtenfeld has linked seeing the color green and creative performance.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Foster Creativity
- Color
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Retail Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Some Creativity Metaphors Matter (02-03-12)
Researchers have found additional links between metaphorical expressions and how we live in our physical world.
- Blogs 2012
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Foster Creativity
- Framework for Reaction to Place
- Useful Design Principles
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Retail Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Teddy Bears and Crayons and Behavior (11-23-11)
Research conducted by Sreedhari Desai and Francesca Gino confirms the importance of the nonverbal cues we find in our physical environment.
- Blogs 2011
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Follow Behavioral Norms
- Symbols
- Useful Design Principles
- Design Process and Issues
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Retail Environments
- Sustainability
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Doorways and Forgetting (11-22-11)
Recent research links traveling through doorways and forgetting.
- Blogs 2011
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Windows and Doors
- Useful Design Principles
- Children's Environments
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Retail Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Same Person, Same Seat (11-10-11)
Costa investigated the tendency of people to sit in the same seat each time they are in a public space.
- Blogs 2011
- Blog Article
- College/University
- Healthcare
- Long Term Living Facility
- Residential Dwelling
- Workplace
- School
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Promote Social Behavior/Support Diversity
- Support Mental Restoration/Ease Stress
- Useful Design Principles
- Children's Environments
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Walking for Memory (08-16-11)
Recent research indicates that brief, brisk (but not running) walks can enhance our ability to remember things.
- Blogs 2011
- Blog Article
- College/University
- Healthcare
- Library
- Long Term Living Facility
- Residential Dwelling
- Workplace
- School
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Useful Design Principles
- Children's Environments
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
More Evidence Posture Matters (07-14-11)
Seating options provided make it more likely that people will sit with good or bad posture, and recent research indicates that posture is particularly important in healthcare settings.
- Blogs 2011
- Blog Article
- Healthcare
- Long Term Living Facility
- Residential Dwelling
- Workplace
- Enhance Satisfaction/Quality of Life
- Promote Physical Health/Improve Health Outcomes
- Support Mental Restoration/Ease Stress
- Furniture
- Useful Design Principles
- Educational Environments
- Gerontologic Issues
- Health Care Environments
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Universal Accessibility/Universal Design
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Office Plants: Worth the Fertilizer? (01-21-11)
As snow covers most of North America, and office workers’ views of nearby nature are shrouded under a thick white blanket, thoughts turn to potted plants in offices.
- Blogs 2011
- Blog Article
- College/University
- Healthcare
- Library
- Residential Dwelling
- Workplace
- School
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Plants
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Posture and Power (12-22-10)
Our seated posture influences if we think and behave as if we have power.
- Blogs 2010
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Increase Productivity/Performance
- Furniture
- Useful Design Principles
- Educational Environments
- Health Care Environments
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science
Positive Mood and Creativity (12-14-10)
In this blog, I frequently discuss ways the physical environment can be used to increase the likelihood that people are in a positive mood.
- Blogs 2010
- Blog Article
- Any Designed Environment
- Foster Creativity
- Improve Mood/Increase Feelings of Wellbeing
- Useful Design Principles
- Educational Environments
- Environmental Psychology
- Health Care Environments
- Landscape Architecture
- Leisure Environments
- Other Environments
- Residential Environments
- Retail Environments
- Urban Design
- Workplace Environments
- architecture psychology
- design psychology
- design research
- design science
- environment behavior
- environmental psychology
- interior design psychology
- place advantage
- place science
- sensory science



