Neurobehavioral approach for evaluation of office workers' productivity: The effects of room temperature

Building and Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1578-1588

  Lan, Li ^a   Lian, Zhiwei ^a   Pan, Li ^a   Ye, Qian ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences (Group) Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Neurobehavioral approach; Office workers; Productivity; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BEHAVIORAL CHANGES; BRAIN FUNCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVALUATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT QUALITIES; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; LEARNING AND MEMORIES; NEUROBEHAVIORAL APPROACH; OFFICE WORKERS; PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS; RESPONSE BIAS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL SENSATIONS;

FUNCTION EVALUATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DETECTION METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY; TESTING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 61749088628     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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