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In neighborhoods where there is a main street that concentrates pedestrian activity, there is a greater sense of community than in neighborhoods that do not have a main street.
People who have more dominant personalities favor vertical arrangements of objects more than people who are less dominant, even when the objects arranged have no social meaning.
In girls, language processing is more abstract and in boys it is more sensory.
Kumar and his colleagues comprehensively examined the relationship between problem behavior (truancy, cigarette use, etc.) by middle and high school students and physical characteristics of their schools.
Researchers have uncovered more evidence that how colors are perceived depends on the language spoken by the people looking at them – the language you speak influences the colors you see.
Schimmel and Forster have demonstrated that when people think about the future, they are more apt to view unconventional art as typical than if they do not think about the future.
McCormack’s and his colleagues’ research supports previous investigations of adults’ perceptions of distances to places in their neighborhoods.
Research showing that architects and members of the general public prefer different buildings is old news, but a new study probes those differences in preferences and produces interesting, actionable information.
Seeing different patterns in an environment can have a significant influence on the uniqueness and variety of items subsequently selected by individuals.
Intensity of pro-environmental sentiment, length of time living in the desert, aesthetic opinion, gender, and young children in the household influence desert residents’ landscaping preferences.