Products and Philosophies (06-21-18)
Mutz and Rao investigated links between political orientation and product choice.
Mutz and Rao investigated links between political orientation and product choice.
Swami and team have learned more about how being exposed to nature influences people’s perceptions of their bodies.
Herff, Dean, and Schaal probed memory performance in noisy and quieter spaces.
Research by Skylark can be used to place objects in ways that seem logical to viewers, for instance.
Nave, Minxha, Kosinski, Greenberg, Rentfrow, and Stillwell conducted research linking opinions about particular types of music and personality—it’s interesting to consider potential applications of their findings beyond music.
People developing or using sound masking systems will be intrigued by Marsh and team’s research related to overheard conversations.
Leder and team’s research provides nuanced insights into human beings’ responses to symmetry.
Mason. Zee, Grimaldi, Reid, and Malkani’s research confirms that being in a space that has much light in it at night can be bad for our health.
A research team lead by Suarez has found that there’s a physiological reason for that gut feeling you have about where to find more of some food you’ve enjoyed eating (in other words, where to find that bakery that sells your favorite cupcakes).
Research completed by Petrilli, Chopra, Saint, Kuhn, Snyder, Jennings, and Carusoindicates that the clothing worn by healthcare professionals influences the impressions people form of them—it seems probable that what the Petrilli team learned applies to other professionals and also to impressions formed via workplace design.