Healthcare Focus: Optimizing the Design of Digital Reading Rooms
Designing rooms in which a variety of different media need to be read and analyzed can be tricky, particularly when some of the media involved are digital radiology images.
Designing rooms in which a variety of different media need to be read and analyzed can be tricky, particularly when some of the media involved are digital radiology images.
Any pleasant smell will improve the performance of a retail space, but some smells might be more effective than others.
At least during the Christmas holiday season, consistency between smells and sounds can increase positive evaluations of a retail environment.
The pairings of slower music and higher shopper density, or faster music and lower shopper density, lead to different shopper evaluations of their shopping trips.
Several recently published reviews that examine the research literature provide information about the appropriate design of health care environments. Taken together, they are a useful and up-to-date starting point on approaching this research.
A classic article on the environmental effects of noise found that noise levels typical of open offices increases stress.
The Mayo Clinic, in a study that monitored nighttime noise at one of its own hospitals, has determined that the sound levels experienced by patients can approach those of people using chain saws.
The National Research Council (NRC) of Canada has recently completed its COPE (Cost-effective Open-Plan Environments) project for workplace environments.
Hypersonic Sound Systems (HSS) can focus sound into a very specific location.
Playing classical music in a restaurant increases diner spending.