Open-plan office noise: Cognitive performance and restoration

By Helena Jahncke, S. Hygge, Niklas Halin, A. Green, K. Dimberg. 2011

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Biophilic Design for Restorative University Learning Environments: A Critical Review of Literature and Design Recommendations (2020, background): “Physical Health Stress—University students experience unique stressors [16,17,67,77–79] Stress raises blood pressure [58] and hemoglobin [61] The noise of a busy campus can influence cortisol levels if not mediated [60] Visual—Nature spaces/trails [46–48], views [61], posters [50], photos [49,58], a”
Natural Sound Facilitates Mood Recovery (2014, neutral): “An additional 7min ‘‘restoration period’’ occurred after the post-office noise assessment as an initial test of treatments for office noise exposure, including treatments of exposure to natural sounds or silence (Jahncke et al., 2011).”
The relationship between interior office space and employee health and well-being – a literature review (2020, background): “Paper Studied interior space variable Type of study (n) (response) Major findings related to health and well-being Jahncke et al. (2011) Sound level, high vs. low Controlled lab study (n = 47) More yawning (F(2,32) = 6.25, p < .01) in the high noise condition (51 dBA) vs. low noise condition (12–39…”
Nature and health. (2014, background): “, work site desktop relaxation packages (60)], alone or in company (64), and in additional subpopulations [e.”