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Systolic blood pressure in seniors is significantly reduced when individuals listen either to Mozart or to a binaural recording of ocean waves coupled with a voice encouraging listeners to relax.
Researchers from Wageningen University (The Netherlands) and corporate sponsors are discretely observing diners in a specially outfitted “Restaurant of the Future.”
In 2007, the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) investigated ways to increase the diversity of people using parks and similar places (“Placemaking in a Pluralistic World: Using Public Spaces to Encourage and Celebrate Social Diversity”).
Recent research has shown that listening to classical music improves the cognitive functioning of older individuals.
This beautifully illustrated volume will be inspirational to environmental psychologists as well as designers of all sorts.
The American Psychological Association held their 116th annual convention in Boston from August 14 to 17. Several of the papers presented related to place design.
Two recent articles increase understanding of how biological sensitivity to our physical environments influences us psychologically.
When air is moving, the perceived quality of that air is higher, even when the air is simply re-circulated air from the same space.
Preferred urban water features have consistent attributes.