When People are Taking Your Internet Survey They’re . . . . (09-15-10)
Many designers use Internet surveys to collect important programming (and other) data.
Many designers use Internet surveys to collect important programming (and other) data.
While participating in a panel discussion (titled: Psychiatric Facility Design: An International Tour) at the Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo on September 15, Fiona de Vos, PhD, discussed the findings of a post-occupancy evaluation she conducted of an inpatient psychiatric hospital in the Netherlands.
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).
When is a “halfalogue” worse than a monologue or a dialogue?
White and his colleagues have investigated the influence of visible water (in lakes, rivers, fountains, etc.) on the restorative potential of natural and built environments.
Rozendaal and Schifferstein investigated types of pleasant sensory experiences through in-depth interviews of a diverse set of individuals.
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.”
Environmental psychologists have known for some time that the national culture that people experience in the early years of their lives has a profound influence on how they interact with places that they encounter throughout their lives.
Baldry and Hallier have news for workplace planners.
Zhong and his colleagues probed the “social significance of cleanliness.”