Cognitive functions refer to the set of brain-based skills to execute tasks of various difficulty
levels. As people spend substantial time indoors, the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) …

Given the large proportion of time spent by the average person indoors, it is imperative to
have an understanding of the impacts of long-term and immersive exposure to a variety of …

Previous studies on emotional effects of color often failed to control all the three perceptual
dimensions of color: hue, saturation, and brightness. Here, we presented a three …

Images can affect people on an emotional level. Since the emotions that arise in the viewer
of an image are highly subjective, they are rarely indexed. However there are situations …

Color preference is an important aspect of visual experience, but little is known about why
people in general like some colors more than others. Previous research suggested …

Because human emotion varies greatly among individuals and is a qualitative factor,
measuring it with any degree of accuracy is very difficult. Heart rate variability (HRV), which …

'The science of designing learning environments is currently remarkably under-developed',
argued architect and CABE Commissioner Emeritus the late Richard Feilden in 2004. In a …

In this study, six colors (vivid red, vivid blue, vivid yellow, pale red, pale blue, and pale
yellow†) were manipulated in a simulated study environment to determine their effects on …

Can basic tastes, such as sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and possibly also umami, be conveyed by
means of colour? If so, how should we understand the relationship between colours and …

Emotions are often associated with colors, but what mediates color–emotion associations is
not fully understood. This study examined associations between colors and emotions using …