Desired Emotional Experiences and Cultures (11-03-15)
Many projects focus on making particular emotional experiences more likely; new research indicates that those experiences should be carefully tuned to align with the desires of user cultures.
Many projects focus on making particular emotional experiences more likely; new research indicates that those experiences should be carefully tuned to align with the desires of user cultures.
An interdisciplinary team is focusing on learning more about rest.
Recently completed research by Salvi, Bricolo, Franconeri, Kounios, and Beeman links eliminating visual distractions and searching for insightful solutions to problems.
Drazin and Kuchler have edited an intriguing look at the link between materials and the society in which they’re used.
The Active Living Research group is making available without charge, at the web address noted below, a peer-reviewed report on active living research.
Livingstone and Palmer have collected additional evidence indicating that, at least with the technology currently available, it is important for people talking with each other to be able to see each other.
Researchers report that smelling the scent of lavender promotes sleep.
Borisuit and colleagues investigated people’s responses to daylight and electric light in an area very similar to a contemporary office environment.
Rim and colleagues investigated differences in responses to words and images, and their findings can be useful to designers gathering information.
Kondo and her team found that greening vacant lots influences the occurrence of various sorts of crimes in different ways.