environment behavior

Martin reports in Nature that architects are increasingly seeking inspiration from natural forms.

Schweingruber and Wohlstein have reviewed information about crowds included in introductory sociology textbooks and the write-ups they reviewed would not receive full marks – many are inaccurate.

Music generates an emotional response in people, or does it?

Quite a bit of research has shown that individual personality is related to preferred place design.

Buyers valued environmentally responsible features in their homes.

People who grow up in rural areas have a more positive attitude toward nature than people who grow up in the city. 

We search through physical spaces and our own minds using the same methods.

Architect magazine asked five sets of architects to redesign Starbucks, based on their impressions of how these coffee shop spaces are currently used and what functions they will serve in the future.

It’s easier for humans to look at nature scenes than urban scenes.

After surveying the available research literature, Thompson has concluded that the design of the physical work environment influences knowledge worker productivity.