147
scale of systematic review on building environment and emotional engineering
Exact: 147 studies
A systematic review covered 147 studies on building environment assessment using emotional engineering methods
This systematic literature review applied the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) framework to synthesise 147 studies at the intersection of architecture and emotional engineering. The review explored relationships between the built environment and human responses across emotional, cognitive, behavioural, and physiological dimensions, ultimately proposing a theoretical framework for 'emotional architecture'.
This review uses the PRISMA method to conduct a systematic literature review of 147 studies on building environment assessment using emotional engineering methods, and discusses the relationship between the building environment and humans, especially in terms of emotions, cognition, behavior, and physiology.
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greater self-reported attentiveness with indoor plants present
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12%
faster task completion with indoor plants present
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