Time to celebrate – if you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the end of the week – the first hurdle was just getting through Monday. As this paper explains, the Monday Effect can be a killer with a higher than average risk of road accidents and ‘cognitive failures’, including railway controllers making mistakes. This paper […]
For all ages and genders – Light and science on any gender and age For all ages and genders – Light and science on any gender and age One for the list while you wait to collect the kids This week we heard the penultimate in Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan brilliant lecture series with one of my heroes, Kathryn
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Designing for our future selves For anyone passionate about inclusive design, this show at the Design Museum in London from 24th February and events on 9th and 21st March will be well worth a visit. While you’re there, please a minute to step into the capsule that I created with the team at Speirs Major,
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What do Strictly Come Dancing and your brain have in common? Proof that you can teach old dogs new tricks! Your brain may be slower on its feet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t learn. In fact, mature students often get better results because they know how to focus and are clear about their ‘why’.
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Blue Monday myth A marketing executive picked today as the perfect gloomy mush of guilt from broken resolutions, debt from Christmas shopping and depressed immunity from lack of sunshine and the relentless cold, damp . But there is a silver lining if you make today an excuse to take an elderly relative or neighbour for
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Welcome back – 2023 is going to be brilliant! Loads of exciting projects and events in the pipeline. First up – Tuesday 7th of March online from 3-5pm UK time – an online debate about the science and real world effects of circadian lighting for people living with dementia. I’m so chuffed to host luminaries
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Welcome back – 2023 is going to be brilliant! Loads of exciting projects and events in the pipeline. First up – Tuesday 7th of March online from 3-5pm UK time – an online debate about the science and real world effects of circadian lighting for people living with dementia. I’m so chuffed to host luminaries
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Take Ten… In the run-up to Christmas it can be hard to find time to take a breather – and just ten minutes outside may be enough to cut your stress levels Minimum Time Dose in Nature to Positively Impact the Mental Health of College-Aged Students, and How to Measure It: A Scoping Review If
Good lighting can do so much… for your health, vision and your taste buds, too! Read More »
Not perfect, but a good place to start… The WELL standard is far from perfect – etymonline (https://www.etymonline.com/word/well) gives the first meaning as “in a satisfactory manner,” As a member of the WELL Home Advisory team, I know how much passion – and painful compromise – goes into every line. Anyone who has ever been
Built to Perform… but to perform what? So many weighed into the debate last week about how to measure biological response. Kevin Houser and Tony Esposito’s brilliant work are a great place to start – Correlated color temperature is not a suitable proxy for the biological potency of light and discussion – Correspondence: Designing and
You manage what you measure… but what measures should you use? Read More »