School: Someplace Like Home (5-08-07)
School environments should, in many ways, be similar to residential environments, according to Jefferey Lackney.
School environments should, in many ways, be similar to residential environments, according to Jefferey Lackney.
In an interesting study investigating color associations (in the context of selecting colors for medicinal pills) in 11 countries (in North and South America, Asia, and Europe), Lechner, Harrington, and Simonoff noted associations to particular hues.
The unique needs of adults with special needs based on their psychological or physical condition are increasingly being recognized, which has ramifications for the design of workplaces, homes, stores, restaurants, healthcare facilities, and other physical environments.
The physical environments in child care settings influence the cognitive capabilities of children. Space design is particularly important for 3-year-olds.
After looking briefly at something red, people perform significantly more poorly on tests evaluating competence (such as IQ tests) and also seem to avoid tasks at which they might fail.
Schwartz and his team studied the implications of changing postures while working – in other words standing after a period sitting or sitting after a time standing.