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People often can not control ambient conditions in their workspaces - they may not be able to set lighting and heating levels, for example.
Welsh and his colleagues have recently completed a study with implications for the design of open workplaces.
A recent Swedish study has found that commuting for one hour or longer every day has an influence on commuters’ levels of attachment to their towns and regions.
Recent research in the United Kingdom has found that the aroma of peppermint enhances memory, while the smell of ylang-ylang has the opposite effect.
Research by Leung and her colleagues indicates that even a 45 minute multicultural experience, of a particular type, can lead to sustained, higher levels of creativity.
Research presented by Dr. Stephanie Charleston (University of Sunderland) at the 2008 meeting of the British Psychological Society indicates that small stadiums may be big hits with fans.
People often set the value of an object or place based on a distinctive feature of that item (such as size) that is not related to the continuing experience of that object or place.
The demand for cohousing in the United States is increasing, according to recent research conducted by Dr. Jo Williams at University College London.
For decades scientists have been investigating whether the language spoken by a person influences the way that they perceive the world around them.
Researchers at the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada have developed a new, streamlined way to simulate the complex ways that daylight influences light levels in rooms with “dissimilar dynamic complex fenestration systems (such as windows with movable shadings) whose optical behavior (transmission, reflection and scattering) may change during simulation.”