Cumulative Effects of Office Stress (12-10-10)
As another new year rolls around, it seems timely to consider the cumulative effects of workplace stress.
As another new year rolls around, it seems timely to consider the cumulative effects of workplace stress.
Patients on ventilators listening to music experience less stress than ventilated patients not listening to music.
That ivy may be destroying the façade of your home, but it’s doing all sorts of good things for your neighbors psychologically.
In March of 2010 Gloria Mark spoke about her multi-tasking research at a PARC forum, and a video of her address is available at the website, below.
David Fell’s dissertation project investigated the psychological influence of wood in interior spaces.
Researchers have completed several interesting studies of restorative environments.
Walking to school has multiple benefits.
Feeling relaxed in the presence of nature may increase risk for drivers.
Researchers using functional brain imaging have determined what actually happens in our brain when we see tranquil scenes while hearing the corresponding sounds (e.g., looking at the ocean and hearing the sound of waves).
heasant and his colleagues have investigated the experience of being in environments that are tranquil, i.e., those that are restorative and “enable us to recover out sense of well being.”