Framework for Reaction to Place

An article published in the Biology of Sex Differences, indicates that the visual centers of male and female human brains work differently.

Lee and Schwarz build on the growing body of research indicating that many metaphorical expressions related to physical experiences seem to have a psychological component. 

New research linking vividness of experience and memory is useful to designers trying to create unforgettable or in some cases forgettable experiences (consider:  unpleasant medical tests).

Waterfalls are almost universally judged to be beautiful, but viewing them is not just an aesthetic experience. 

Designers developing spaces, particularly public ones such as restaurants, can reasonably assume that music will be played in the places they are creating and that the emotional effects generated by that music will combine with the psychological ramifications of their design to create an overall response.

Readers of Research Design Connections are familiar with discussions of ways that perceptions of the physical world are influenced by psychological processes. 

We’ve all had déjà vu experiences.

Dewar and her colleagues make the case for wakeful resting, a state that can be supported by design.

Any designer who has ever sought to divest a client of one of their possessions, whether that be a tawdry piece of art or a beat up old chair or something else has seen first hand that once something belongs to a person, it becomes special and important, at least in their eyes. 

Information from we get from electronic and print media influences our sense of style.