Encouraging Outdoor Recreation and Neighborliness
More research supports the connection between the physical environment and neighborhood social relations, and adds to our understanding about specific features that draw both old and young outdoors.
More research supports the connection between the physical environment and neighborhood social relations, and adds to our understanding about specific features that draw both old and young outdoors.
Office design can’t guarantee that workers won’t feel lonely, but providing opportunities for employees to meet casually and interact informally can make loneliness less likely.
Research by Huang and colleagues indicates that direction of commute/travel has a significant influence on relationships with others.
Many classic studies, some conducted by famed psychologist Stanley Milgram, have detailed the bonds humans build with people who are physically near to them.
The Daylighting Collaborative presents daylighting design guidelines at the web address noted below.
Research on uniform color and aggression continues.
How does street design influence the activities of humans along that road?
Rudd, Vohs, and Aaker specifically investigated the psychological implications of feeling awed.
Anecdotal evidence links pleasant smells with romantic relationships, but this study by Gueguen is the first to scientifically support that association.
As Bargh and Shalev describe, their recent research supports previous studies of embodied cognition.