实验研究室内空气质量对创造力的影响,通过严的玩法
Shmitha Arikrishnan1, Adam Charles Roberts2, Wee Siang Lau3
1Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Energy Research Institute @ NTU, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore, 637141, Singapore.
Scientific reports
|September 19, 2023
概括
办公室中总挥发性有机化合物 (TVOC) 的高水平显著降低了员工的创造力. 减少TVOC可以显著提高创造性解决问题的能力,增强整体工作场所的创新.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 认知科学 认知科学
背景情况:
- 现代工作场所越来越多地要求员工提供创造性的解决方案.
- 典型的办公环境可能会无意中抑制员工的创造力.
- 室内空气质量 (IAQ) 是一个潜在的,但尚未研究的,影响创造力等认知功能的因素.
研究的目的:
- 研究特定室内空气质量参数对创意潜力的影响.
- 评估PM2.5,TVOC和CO2水平与创造性表现之间的关系.
- 为了确定IAQ是否影响模拟办公室环境中的横向思维能力.
主要方法:
- 利用严的玩法 (SBP),一个乐高严的玩法 (LSP) 适应,以评估创造力.
- 在模拟办公环境中对92名参与者进行了为期6周的研究.
- 通过构建任务和口头描述来评估创造力,评估原创性,流性和构建质量.
主要成果:
- 总挥发性有机化合物 (TVOC) 的较高度与创意产出减少有显著的联系.
- 显著的TVOC水平下降71.9% (从1000ppb) 与创意潜力的提高11.5%相关.
- 在PM2.5或CO2水平和创造力指标之间没有发现显著的关联.
结论:
- 保持较低的TVOC水平对于促进和增强办公环境中的员工创造力至关重要.
- 改善室内空气质量,特别是通过减少TVOC,可以释放出劳动力中更大的创造性潜力.
- 这项研究强调了特定空气污染物与专业环境中的认知表现之间的直接,可衡量的联系.
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