Melatonin and Back-Lit Tablets (08-29-12)
Research continues to build indicating that light has a significant influence on well-being.
Research continues to build indicating that light has a significant influence on well-being.
Designers developing spaces, particularly public ones such as restaurants, can reasonably assume that music will be played in the places they are creating and that the emotional effects generated by that music will combine with the psychological ramifications of their design to create an overall response.
As part of the “vertical living kids” research project, Whitzman and Mizrachi interviewed kids 8 to 12 years old who live in public or private housing.
Today more people live in cities than any other sort of place.
Readers of Research Design Connections are familiar with discussions of ways that perceptions of the physical world are influenced by psychological processes.
Cohen investigated color preferences among men and women in the United States, and his findings are consistent with prior research on favorite colors.
We’ve all had déjà vu experiences.
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.
Dewar and her colleagues make the case for wakeful resting, a state that can be supported by design.
Farbstein and his colleagues investigated the influence of simulated nature views on the stress levels of staff in the intake area of a county jail.