Benefits of Sitting Up Straight (03-18-16)
Nair and team researched the psychological implications of sitting up straight.
Nair and team researched the psychological implications of sitting up straight.
Friedrich and Elias’s recent work confirms that people whose native languages are read left to right prefer art in which any apparent motion is also from left-to-right.
Sarah Kaplan, a senior fellow at Wharton’s Mack Institute, studies innovation.
Research indicates that young people fall quite often, so it makes sense to eliminate trip hazards, etc., just as carefully in spaces they will use as in areas frequented by older individuals.
Salvi and her research team have confirmed that sometimes it’s a good idea to trust those “aha” type thoughts that come to us out of thin air from time to time.
Lee and colleagues confirm how important the soundscape is in open-plan offices.
Culyba and her colleagues investigated links between neighborhood conditions and adolescent (age 13-20) homicides in Philadelphia.
Children with higher body mass indexes (BMIs) are more reckless, which has implications for the design of many spaces, including pediatric obesity clinics.
The location of a hand-sanitizer dispenser has, not surprisingly, been tied to how likely people are to use it.
New research confirms the value of encouraging stairway use via design by, for example, incorporating exterior windows and art into these spaces.