Preventing Sleep Interruptions (11-17-15)
Research by Finan, Quartana, and Smith confirms how important it is to design in safeguards that prevent sleep from being disrupted.
Research by Finan, Quartana, and Smith confirms how important it is to design in safeguards that prevent sleep from being disrupted.
Allen and Pammer completed a detailed study of the link between hearing white noise and the ability of children with ADHD (7 to 14 years old) to pay attention.
Gueguen and his colleagues have linked seeing flowers with an increased likelihood to help others.
Hidalgo and Castaner, of MIT’s Media Lab, have developed a complex, but useful, model to determine optimal distribution of neighborhood amenities, such as coffee shops and parking lots.
Strukelj and his teammates have found that hearing conversations does indeed hinder cognitive functioning.
How actively children play in parks is influenced by the design of those parks.
Acemyan and Kortum have assessed the optimal design of places where people will vote
Etzi and her colleagues were interested in learning more about people’s responses to feeling various textures.
Scientists have learned that distance between workers’ work areas influences the likelihood that unethical behavior will “trickle-down” through an organization, from higher-level managers to other employees.
Teammates can all be treated the same or some may be treated better than others, for example, via the design of their workspaces or tools provided to them.