Extreme Communicating Through Possessions (12-28-10)
Communicating through possessions has been popular since there have been possessions, but some people have always been able to “speak” louder in this way than others.
Communicating through possessions has been popular since there have been possessions, but some people have always been able to “speak” louder in this way than others.
Holiday shopping behaviors reflect men’s and women’s traditional hunter/gatherer roles, according to a press release describing the work of Daniel Kruger at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.
Ordabayeva and Chandon investigated people’s behavior when distribution of goods is fairly equal.
Research done at the Harvard Medical School indicates that medical placebos are effective at reducing symptoms – even when the people taking them realize that they don’t have active ingredients.
Brunia and Hartjes-Gosseling conducted a case study at a Dutch government agency to learn about workspace personalization when offices are not assigned to individuals.
Chapin and colleagues investigated variations in emotional responses to a piece of music.
In this blog, I frequently discuss ways the physical environment can be used to increase the likelihood that people are in a positive mood.
Living in a walkable neighborhood can be good for both your physical and mental health.
That ivy may be destroying the façade of your home, but it’s doing all sorts of good things for your neighbors psychologically.
Regular readers to this blog are familiar with a number of ways that the physical environment can be used to enhance mood.