Workplace Productivity (9-04-08)
After surveying the available research literature, Thompson has concluded that the design of the physical work environment influences knowledge worker productivity.
environment behavior
Mirrors and Prejudice (9-03-08)
Mirrors seem to reduce prejudiced behavior.
Neighborhood Design and Schizophrenia (9-02-08)
Social cohesion in neighborhoods has been linked to levels of schizophrenia among residents.
Music Order and Response (8-29-08)
Investigations with a variety of stimuli have shown that they are “evaluated less positively if they follow good stimuli than otherwise; stimuli are evaluated more positively if they follow bad stimuli than otherwise.”
Music and Pain (8-28-08)
When people listen to music that they have selected, they experience less pain.
Quieter Hospitals (8-27-08)
The Center for Health Design has initiated a continuing discussion of noise in hospitals.
Assessing Creativity (8-26-08)
It’s hard to determine what is creative – particularly across fields as diverse as science and fine arts.
Creative People Identify Their Best Work (8-25-08)
People can, in general, identify which of their ideas are creative.
Excluded People are Cold (8-22-08)
Apparently the phrase “cold and lonely” may have some basis in fact.
Rating Images (8-21-08)
Chuang and Chen outline an effective method for evaluating images.
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