Positive Distractions in Pediatric Waiting Rooms (03-17-10)
Pati has comprehensively investigated the effectiveness of various sorts of positive distractions in pediatric waiting rooms.
Pati has comprehensively investigated the effectiveness of various sorts of positive distractions in pediatric waiting rooms.
Some general—but frequently overlooked—principles of wayfinding are examined in three recent articles.
Laurence Steinberg’s research has shown that the adolescent brain is fundamentally different from the adult brain and that these differences lead to important disparities in adult and adolescent behavior.
Recent research has shown that fourteen year olds want to experience negative moods more frequently than people who are 86 – which is not news to any parents of 14 year olds.
Elderly people who are more physically fit have larger hippocampi and better spatial memory than elderly people who are less physically fit.
As thermometer readings decrease, blood pressure readings increase.
Professors Jules Pretty, Jo Barton, and Rachel Hine of the University of Essex have used nature and wilderness experiences as a catalyst for change among young offenders in Essex.
The UK’s Designing for the 21st Century Initiative, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, and the Royal College of Art have jointly assessed the workplace design related needs of office workers over the age of 50.
Praus reports on DEGW research related to Generation Y and workplace design.
Pedestrians and cyclists over the age of 70 prefer different features in the routes they are traveling along than walkers and cyclists who are 40-49 years old.