environment behavior

Song and Schwarz have assessed the relationship between how easy it is to pronounce the name of something, and how risky it seems.

Play England, the United Kingdom’s Department for Children, Schools and Families, and DCMS have identified straightforward principles for the design of successful play areas. 

In a report about current office design practices prepared by the United Kingdom’s Office of Government Commerce and DEGW, famed researcher Frank Duffy of DEGW states, “Places and spaces will become far more – not less – important, in our new world of technologically enhanced, knowledge-based work."

Oommen, Knowles, and Zhao have reviewed the research related to open plan offices.

Tom Fawcett has investigated the relationship between preferred bus seats and response to social situations, temperament, and personal interests.

Babies as young as 9 months old can distinguish happy from sad music.

As thermometer readings decrease, blood pressure readings increase.

Professors Jules Pretty, Jo Barton, and Rachel Hine of the University of Essex have used nature and wilderness experiences as a catalyst for change among young offenders in Essex.

Plants help patients feel better, literally. 

Zeisel has extensively researched the social and physical environments in which Alzheimer’s patients should live.