Environmental effects on cognition and decision making of knowledge workers

Moskaliuk, Johannes; Burmeister, Carolin P.; Landkammer, Florian; Renner, Bettina; Creß, Ulrike

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2016.12.001

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“…Since people's mental conditions play a key role in their cognition of the environment [56], these conditions can massive impacts on their thermal perception of the environment and consequently their comfort conditions [3,46,80]. Indeed, the response of a human to an external stimulus depends on the "information" that the individual has in and about that particular situation [60]. People's cognition and perception of their environment can be studied by the use of environmental psychology methods and instruments.…”

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Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

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Background In densely populated urban centers, increased air temperature due to urban heat island (UHI) effect can undermine the thermal comfort and health of citizens. Research has shown that large urban parks can mitigate the effect of UHIs and improve thermal comfort, especially in the warmer months of the year when temperature changes are more noticeable. This study investigated the cooling effect intensity (CEI) of the Retiro Park in the center of Madrid at three different distances from its southern edge and the impact of this cooling effect on thermal comfort from physiological and psychological perspectives. This investigation was performed by measuring microclimate data and conducting a survey simultaneously during the summer days. Results The results showed that the CEI of the park varies with distance from its edge. Because of this effect, air temperature within the 130 m and 280 m distance of the park was, respectively, 1.6 °C and 0.9 °C lower than the temperature at the 520 m distance (the nearest heat island). After examining the effect of the park in terms of physiological equivalent temperature (PET), it was found that the PET at the 130 m and 280 m distance of the park was 9.3% and 5.4% less than the PET in the heat island domain. More than 81% of the respondents (in all three areas) had a mental image of the park as the place where they would experience the highest level of outdoor thermal comfort, and this rate was higher in the areas closer to the park. The analysis of citizens’ responses about perceived thermal comfort (PTC) showed that citizens in areas with higher CEI had perceived a higher degree of thermal comfort from the psychological perspective. Conclusion This study demonstrates the significant role of large urban parks located in the core of the populated cities in providing thermal comfort for citizens from both physiological and psychological perspectives. Additionally, the results of this study demonstrated that among the environmental (natural and artificial) factors around the park (topography, urban structure, etc.), the aspect ratio has the greatest impact on thermal comfort.

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Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

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“…The environment was manipulated using two virtual environments (see also Moskaliuk et al, 2017 ). Virtual environment technologies are useful tools for psychological research, as they are able to create sufficiently realistic situations while being able to control for confounding variables ( Blascovich et al, 2002 ) and have already been applied in various research areas (e.g., Cho et al, 2002 ; Klinger et al, 2005 ; Slater, 2009 ; Cohen-Hatton and Honey, 2015 ).…”

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“…Each enable employees to work in more than one fixed location. Previous research shows that it does “matter where you work” ( Hill et al, 2003 , p. 220; Moskaliuk et al, 2017 ) in the sense that the physical environment can influence cognition and work performance (e.g., Kay et al, 2004 ; Shalley et al, 2004 ; Slepian et al, 2010 ; Steidle and Werth, 2013 ; Lee et al, 2015 ). The design features of a workspace (e.g., lightning, furniture, acoustics, or temperature) affects well-being, work satisfaction and also work performance (e.g., Vischer, 2007 , 2008 ).…”

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Ubiquitous Working: Do Work Versus Non-work Environments Affect Decision-Making and Concentration?

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New communication technologies and mobile devices have enabled knowledge workers to work independently of location and in more than one fixed environment (ubiquitous working). Previous research shows that physical environments can influence cognition and work performance. We manipulated environment (i.e., a virtual office as a typical work environment compared to a virtual garden as a non-work environment) and time pressure (i.e., inducing time pressure vs. no time pressure) in order to investigate whether the environment influences decision-making and concentration. N = 109 students participated in this laboratory experiment. We posited (a) that a work environment would activate a work-related schema which in turn would enhance concentration performance and make decisions more risky compared to non-work environments and (b) that the environmental effect is more pronounced if time pressure is present compared to conditions where no time pressure is present. We found modest hypothesis-confirming main effects of environment on decision-making and concentration but no interaction effect with time pressure. As we used an innovative methodology that entails several limitations, future research is needed to give insights into the process and to investigate whether results hold true for all types of work settings, work demands, or work activities.

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“…Cycle time [38], [39] Throughput [33], [32], [7], [4], [ [20], [40] Reaction time [41], [42] General Cognitive Abilities Reaction time [9], [43] Learning and forgetting [7], [ As shown in Table I, the literature search was carried out leading to the identification of interdependence amongst eight factors that are assumed to significantly affect human centred performance. A survey was conducted to complement the literature findings in selecting and testing members of the population with the total 33 respondents of whom, 60% were researchers in engineering and technology and 30% were people from industries.…”

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Prioritizing Key Human Factors on Effect of Human Centred Assembly Performance Using the Extent Analysis Method

Abubakar¹,

Wang²

2018

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Today, consumers prefer to have a great variety of products coupled with the intrinsic demand of short lead time, high quality and low costs. Consequently, Manufacturing companies require a consistent improvement in flexibility and responsiveness of their production systems in order to accommodate changes of the increasingly competitive market. For human centred assembly as an example, although it offers a good flexibility and responsiveness, human performances are also unpredictable due to their inherent abilities and limitations, psychological traits and physiological states. These issues are often overlooked by many researchers when designing, implementing or evaluating a manufacturing system. This paper presents a study in human factors related to the performance of human centred manual assembly lines and their mutual interactions through a literature review and an industrial survey. Critical performance measures, which are affected by human factors, were evaluated and the most significant human factors were identified using the fuzzy extent analysis method.e.  Index Terms-manufacturing systems, human factors, assembly systems, fuzzy extent analysis

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Environmental effects on cognition and decision making of knowledge workers

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

Urban heat resilience at the time of global warming: evaluating the impact of the urban parks on outdoor thermal comfort

Ubiquitous Working: Do Work Versus Non-work Environments Affect Decision-Making and Concentration?

Prioritizing Key Human Factors on Effect of Human Centred Assembly Performance Using the Extent Analysis Method

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