Research Design Connections – Surface Color and Performance
Llinares and colleagues investigated links between wall surface color and cognitive performance, maintaining constant color value/lightness (at an intermediate level) as they did so. The researchers report that “The objective of the present study is to analyse the impact that warm and cold hue coloured classroom walls have on the cognitive attention and memory functions of university students. . . . attention and memory performance . . . was evaluated in 12 warm and 12 cold hue colour settings in a virtual classroom. . . . performance was quantified through psychological (attention and memory tasks) and neurophysiological (heart rate variability and electroencephalogram) metrics related to the cognitive functions analysed. The results showed that cold hue colours . . . improve performance in attention and memory tasks.” Carmen Llinares, Juan Higuera-Trujillo, and Juan Serra. 2021. “Cold and Warm Coloured Classrooms. Effects on Students’ Attention and Memory Measured Through Psychological and Neurophysiological …
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