Research Design Connection: Walking to Work and Mental Performance
Hadavi linked how people commute to work and their performance once they get to the office. She found that “the average level of attentional functioning among those who walk to work or school is significantly higher than that of those who drive or use public transportation (bus or train).” Hadavi’s research has implications for office site selection decisions, for example. Sara Hadavi. 2017. “Physical Attributes of the Environment, Travel Mode to Work, and Attentional Functioning.” In Jung-Hye Shin, Mimi Narayan, Samuel Dennis (eds.). Voices of Place: Empower, Engage, Energize; Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association. The Environmental Design Research Association, St. Paul, MN, pp. 183-184. Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical sciences that can inform designers’ work …
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