Nature in Playgrounds and Student Stress (07-23-14)
Chawla lead a research team at Colorado University-Boulder that collected new evidence indicating the value of nature in elementary and high school yards.
Chawla lead a research team at Colorado University-Boulder that collected new evidence indicating the value of nature in elementary and high school yards.
Harrar and Spence investigated the relationship between cutlery design and the perceived taste of food.
A research team lead by Agay-Shay confirmed the link between pregnant women’s access to green spaces and the birth weight of their babies—more green nearby and the babies weigh more.
Research published in Human Factors confirms that interruptions while working have a negative effect on performance.
Researchers have identified an important difference in the reason people from Korean and American cultures personalize their cell phones; their work has implications for the personalization options and process provided for any designed object/location.
People designing spaces where older adults can be expected to do cognitive work, for example, fill out medical forms, must make certain those areas are free of sensory distractions.
A research team at the University of Exeter confirmed that gardens can enrich the lives of people with dementia.
Hatuka and Saaroni document the problems that ensue when park designers don’t realize that their work should reflect the local implications of global climate change.
Aggarwal and Zhao have found that perceived height influences how people think.
Wang and her colleagues have learned that people of all ages often overestimate the amount of information they can gather via vision.