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Think the language you are speaking doesn’t influence how you perceive space? Think again.
Fred Dust and Patrice Martin, both of IDEO, have learned a lot about the design of effective workspaces through their observational research at hotels.
When people shift their gaze in a particular direction, their perception of time is altered – a fact that can be usefully applied by designers creating spaces such as retail cash wraps where people will likely need to wait for service.
Music and other sounds present have a significant influence on how humans experience a space.
Psychological empathy and physical empathy (the ability to imagine another person’s physical experience moving through a space) seem to be positively related.
People are more likely to comply with a request when it is delivered to their right ear, and, in general, prefer that other people speak into their right ear.
Higgins has crafted a comprehensive and intriguing discussion of the many grids, or rectilinear systems, used to order the experiences of human beings.
When we use a tool, even for a short period of time, it distorts the way we think about the size of our body, causing us to perceive that our body is bigger than it actually is.
Researchers Andy Taylor and Greg Tucker (University of Nottingham) analyzed the taste preferences of people living in various regions within the United Kingdom.
Directions Research, Inc., in conjunction with Adobe, collected data from a random sample of 2000 white collar workers living in the United States to learn more about how they work now.