Getting Closer and Getting Worse (06-25-14)
Research indicates that approaching objects are perceived less positively than those that are standing still or moving away from us.
Research indicates that approaching objects are perceived less positively than those that are standing still or moving away from us.
Knight and Baer investigated the effect of people standing during meetings on group performance.
Researchers have learned more about why particular smells so quickly and consistently produce emotional reactions in the people smelling them.
Nespor, Langus, and Guellai confirm that gestures play an important role in communication.
Some workplace design strategies are based on the assumption that everyone can work successfully outside the office.
Cho and Rodriguez assess location’s influence on walkability in an article that reviews many of the classic issues raised by researchers.
Ma and Roese profile the “maximizing mindset.”
Both the selection of office locations and urban planning, in general, should be informed by insights gleaned from a study by Ratti, Sobolevsky, Kung, and Greco.
Our response to artwork depends on where it’s displayed.
It’s becoming more difficult to develop New Urbanist communities.