Speech Distraction
Spoken language is inherently distracting.
Spoken language is inherently distracting.
Lee and Brand have evaluated the influence of perceived personal control on perceptions of distraction in workplaces.
A team of Finnish researchers has investigated the influence of intelligible speech on cognitive performance.
Spaces communicate nonverbally – we’ve known that for some time – but sometimes there’s debate about exactly what they're saying.
Wineman and her colleagues have integrated studies of spatial layouts and social networks to study innovation.
Ng has reviewed the existing studies related to home offices for teleworkers and determined that effective home offices share many design attributes with successful corporate offices.
Naps are good for us.
Kaiser, a principle with Perkins + Will, has integrated his own professional experiences with material from rigorous studies of effective (and ineffective) navigation tools to identify features of successful wayfinding systems.
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Stringer is an expert on greening workplaces and guides others through this process in The Green Workplace.