place science

Full-scale simulations of health care environments being designed are relatively common but simulations are applicable, and useful, for the design of many other spaces – even though they can be costly and time-consuming to produce. 

Garst and his colleagues have investigated Americans forest camping experiences today, and compared them with those of Americans forest camping in the 1960s and 1970s.  

Saxbe and Repetti analyzed the words that couples used to describe their homes during narrated house tours. 

Nicoll and Zimring studied the use of stairs and attitudes toward stairs in a newly constructed office building where the main elevators in one section of the building stopped only at every third floor (these are called “skip-stop” elevators). 

The general therapeutic value of visual art is well documented in the scientific literature and in earlier entries of this blog.  

Is it an old wife’s tale that blind people have a better sense of smell than the rest of us? 

There is a considerable body of research evidence indicating that even very brief midday naps improve cognitive performance. 

People who have been lead to believe that their eyes have the ability to see something often can, “counteract[ing] physiological limits imposed on vision.”

Using knock-off products has more serious consequences than simply diverting income. 

Hauge has investigated why people feel the need to bring fresh air, through windows, into their homes.