Open-plan office noise: Cognitive performance and restoration

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-382

  Jahncke, Helena ^a   Hygge, Staffan ^a   Halin, Niklas ^a   Green, Anne Marie ^a   Dimberg, Kenth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotion; Open plan office; Physiology; Stress; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053614655     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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