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Vissers and Wagemans evaluated how people respond to photographs.
Lohaus and associates reviewed published research on autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR).
Daikoku, Tanaka, and Yamawaki evaluated how we, literally, feel music.
Van der Weel and Van der Meer studied the implications of handwriting and typing.
Krys and colleagues report that that not all cultures prioritize happiness in the same ways; this may influence programming data collected, for example.
Research by a Fattahpour-lead team indicates that there are positive implications of nature soundscaping hospital emergency departments.
Rodriguez-Labajos investigated the design of adult mental health inpatient facilities and their effects on patient outcomes via a literature review.
Humans find the familiar comfortable and recognizable, predictable, understandable design should often prevail. Neuroscience research indicates when that’s the case and useful ways to design for expectations. It also details how we experience time, directly and through design.
Scents and ventilation in use influence how we think and behave, our mental and physical wellbeing—they can even determine if objectives set in design briefs are met. Smell, ventilation effects are powerful and found even when people are not consciously aware odors are present and when ventilation systems silently do their jobs.
When design elements are alive (or were alive) they impart a distinctive positive energy to whatever is being created, place or object. Neuroscience research sheds light on these effects and how they can best be achieved.