More Positive Implications of Experiencing Nature (10-12-09)
Researchers from the University of Rochester have uncovered even more evidence that experiencing nature is a good thing.
place science
Guilt or Glory via Context (10-09-09)
Designers creating retail spaces, or refining the design of any space, will be interested in recent work by Brian Sternthal (Northwestern University) and Myungwoo Nam (INSEAD).
Not All Nature Experiences Are Equally “Desirable” (10-08-09)
Zaradic and her colleagues have found that different sorts of nature experiences have different implications for a participant’s later support for environmental causes.
Which Household Appliances Are Essential? (10-07-09)
The Pew Research Center recently polled Americans to learn which appliances they feel are necessities.
Make Space for Photographs (10-06-09)
What difference can a photo of a loved-one make?
Value of Indoor Plants (10-02-09)
Research recently completed by Doxey and Waliczek provides additional evidence that indoor plants are psychologically valuable.
Where to Locate Conservation Sites (10-01-09)
Amy Ando and Payal Shah of the University of Illinois have been probing where to place conservation sites.
Ergonomic Issues and Notebook Computers (09-30-09)
Notebook computers give users lots of flexibility to decide how they want to sit (or not sit), maybe too much flexibility.
Universal Responses to Music (09-29-09)
Researchers Charles Snowdon of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and David Tele of the University of Maryland School of Music in College Park, have found striking similarities between the sorts of music that tamarin monkeys and humans find calming or stressful.
Flickering Colors and Epileptic Seizures (09-28-09)
It’s the stuff of horror movies but in real life – flickering lights on television screens or elsewhere that induce epileptic seizures.
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