Knight, C., & Haslam, S. (2010). The relative merits of lean, enriched, and empowered offices: An experimental examination of the impact of workspace management strategies on well-being and productivity. Journal Of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 16(2), 158-172. doi:10.1037/a0019292Craig Knight and Alexander Haslam from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom look at the possible impacts of workplaces and office decoration, where well-being...
To Decorate or Not to Decorate: Where Personality & Productivity Meet
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One Light Doesn't Fit All
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Juslén, H., & Tenner, A. (2005). Mechanisms involved in enhancing human performance by changing the lighting in the industrial workplace. International Journal Of Industrial Ergonomics, 35(9), 843-855. doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2005.03.002
Henri Juslen from the Helsinki University of Technology and Ariadne Tenner from Philips Lighting LTD seek to address the question, “What is happening when we change the lighting at an industrial workplace?” The...
Anxious to Depressed - Cool & Warm Colours in the Office
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Kwallek, N., Lewis, C. M., & Robbins, A. S. (1988). Effects of office interior color on workers' mood and productivity. Perceptual And Motor Skills, 66(1), 123-128. doi:10.2466/pms.1988.66.1.123
Nancy Kwallek from the University of Texas researches the Effects of Interior Environments on Individuals with concentration on the ambiance of colour on office workers. Kwallek’s background experience involves extensive research for interior design...
Why Warm May Always Be Better
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#5 Hawes, B. K., Brunyé, T. T., Mahoney, C. R., Sullivan, J. M., & Aall, C. D. (2012). Effects of four workplace lighting technologies on perception, cognition and affective state. International Journal Of Industrial Ergonomics, 42(1), 122-128. doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2011.09.004
Coming from the United States Army Natick Soldier Research for Development and Engineering Center in Massachusetts, Breanna Hawes, Tad Brune, Caroline Mahoney, John Sullivan...
Light Up Your Mood!
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Knez, I. (1995). Effects of indoor lighting on mood and cognition. Journal Of Environmental Psychology,15(1), 39-51. doi:10.1016/0272-4944(95)90013-6Igor Knez, professor of cognitive, emotion and environmental psychology at the University of Gavle in Sweden explores the possible connections between warm/cool lighting and the effects of mood and cognition. The study was conducted over two experiments: 1) light that induced the least negative mood...
The Science (& Art) of Light and Colour
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Küller, R., Ballal, S., Laike, T., Mikellides, B., & Tonello, G. (2006). The impact of light and colour on psychological mood: A cross-cultural study of indoor work environments. Ergonomics, 49(14), 1496-1507. doi:10.1080/00140130600858142
Rikard Kuller, from the Department of Environmental Psychology for the School of Architecture at the Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden leads the study with Seifeddin Ballal, Thorbjorn Laike, Byron...
When Context Becomes Limited
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Elliot, A. J., & Maier, M. A. (2014). Color psychology: Effects of perceiving color on psychological functioning in humans. Annual Review Of Psychology, 6595-120.
Andrew Elliot, a professor of Psychology at the University of Rochester, and Markus Maier, a professor of Psychology at the University of Munich, explain the associations that colours may have based on...
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