The psychological effects on man of air movement and the colour of his surroundings.
The psychological microclimate is a term which is used to describe the specific psychological effects of some environmental agents as well as the psychological effects of other factors of the physical environment (e g, colour of surroundings, etc). This paper considers air motion and colour schemes of space, defines their stress and strain factors, describes the psychological effects - post-strain, and the methodology of their investigation. It further suggests the criteria and limiting and optimum values of the dynamic effect of air (permissible air velocities in interior and exterior environments) and the colour scheme of space (in accordance with the Tektronix standard). In conclusion the paper sums up the possibilities of optimisation of the 'psychological microclimate'.
Jokl
M V
MV
Faculty of Engineering, Technical University of Prague, Czechoslovakia.