Preferred Temperature, Actual Temperature, and Performance (04-17-14)
Sellaro and her team have learned that our professional performance is best when we’re in a space that aligns with the temperatures we prefer.
Sellaro and her team have learned that our professional performance is best when we’re in a space that aligns with the temperatures we prefer.
Amazeen’s research indicates that a box's shape influences its apparent weight.
Researchers have determined that the color red communicates danger.
British practitioners/researchers installed a new signage system in several hospitals (images are available at the website noted below).
Gantman and Van Bavel report on their recent work on pareidolia, or “seeing something significant in an ambiguous stimulus.”
Ridgway and Myers investigated emotions linked to particular logo colors.
Dubois, Rucker, and Galinsky have confirmed that sometimes people select options because of perceptions of their own social status.
Hierarchies can be helpful, particularly when people feel that they lack control over their lives, and design can be used to make them apparent.
Breiby investigated links between aesthetics and satisfaction with nature-based tourism.
Ambrey and Fleming investigated the relationship between living near greenspace and life satisfaction.