Educational Centres Design Tools. Virtual Reality for the Study of Attention and Memory Performance

Higuera-Trujillo, Juan Luis; Castellanos, Concepción; Llinares, Carmen

doi:10.21125/inted.2020.1209

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“…VR offers the possibility of simulating spaces under sustainable and economical laboratory conditions, having found that, in general, these simulations generate psychological and neurophysiological responses similar to the physical environments represented [35]. Which has been validated for the execution of tasks in the specific case of university classrooms [36]. By using VR, the range of warm and cold hue colours can be studied more thoroughly.…”

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Cold and warm coloured classrooms. Effects on students’ attention and memory measured through psychological and neurophysiological responses

Llinares

Higuera-Trujillo

Serrá

2021

Building and Environment

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Cold and warm coloured classrooms. Effects on students’ attention and memory measured through psychological and neurophysiological responses

Llinares

Higuera-Trujillo

Serrá

2021

Building and Environment

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“…VR generates psychological and neurophysiological responses like those generated by the physical environments represented [33]. VR has been validated for the execution of tasks in the specific case of university classrooms [34]. It has been used to assess attention problems [35,36] and memory [37].…”

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Do Attention and Memory Tasks Require the Same Lighting? A Study in University Classrooms

2021

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Lighting plays a fundamental role in learning spaces as it influences students’ performance. Nowadays, new technologies and new teaching methods in higher education mean that very different visual tasks are performed in the classroom, so further research is necessary to identify what lighting is best suited to these new tasks. The objective of the study is to analyse the impact that variations in levels of illuminance and Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT) of classrooms have on the cognitive functions (attention and memory) of university students. The cognitive performance of 90 participants was evaluated based on attention and memory tasks. The participants had to view nine virtual classroom configurations, with three different illuminance settings (100 lx, 300 lx and 500 lx) and three CCTs (3000 K, 4000 K and 6500 K). The results showed that attention and memory tasks require different level of illumination. While attention improves with higher light levels, memory improves with lower light levels. Higher CCTs generate better performance in both attention and memory tasks. These results highlight the link between lighting and students’ cognitive responses. This study and its methodology can be useful for architects and researchers as they establish lighting design guidelines capable of improving students’ cognitive processes.

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“…These simulations generate in the user who sees them the sensation of "being there" [9], without perceiving them as synthetic spaces [10]. In addition, the response that these spaces produce in users has been validated [11], even for the specific case of university classrooms [12]. Hence, virtual reality is a tool that facilitates research on spatial variables in the classroom.…”

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Take a Seat. The Influence of Distance to the Blackboard on Attention and Memory Performance

Higuera-Trujillo¹,

Marín‐Morales²,

Llinares³

2021

INTED2021 Proceedings

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The space around us influences our cognitive performance. There are more and more guidelines on how to design the space around us to improve cognitive abilities. The context of university classrooms is often taken as the context of studies. Since classrooms of this type can be especially large, a question still arises: does distance to the blackboard influence student performance? This was the objective of the present study: to study the effect of the students' distance to the blackboard on their cognitive performance; specifically, on attention and memory. For this purpose, a field study was conducted using virtual reality. 75 university students carried out performance tests in attention (reaction time to auditory stimuli) and memory (remembering an auditory list of words) while immersed in two photorealistic virtual classrooms replicating physical ones. This was repeated in three different design situations: X m, X+0.6 m, and X+1.2 m; X being the distance to the blackboard of the second row of seats in the original design. Analyses indicate that the distance to the blackboard significantly affects attention (but not memory) performance: as the distance decreases, attention performance increases. Results may be of interest for designers involved with these spaces, for educators interested in improving the cognitive abilities of their students by modifying the dynamics of their classes, and for researchers involved in how space can affect cognitive processes.

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Educational Centres Design Tools. Virtual Reality for the Study of Attention and Memory Performance

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Cold and warm coloured classrooms. Effects on students’ attention and memory measured through psychological and neurophysiological responses

Cold and warm coloured classrooms. Effects on students’ attention and memory measured through psychological and neurophysiological responses

Do Attention and Memory Tasks Require the Same Lighting? A Study in University Classrooms

Take a Seat. The Influence of Distance to the Blackboard on Attention and Memory Performance

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