Ceiling Height Alters How You Think

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Ceiling Height Alters How You Think

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/200 ... Jz3gsDW7oF



Ben Mauk

Special to LiveScience

LiveScience.com

Tue May 8, 2:21 PM ET







Workers have long been concerned about glass ceilings at the office. Now they can wonder if the physical ceiling is keeping them from their full mental potential.



A recent study at the University of Minnesota suggests that ceiling height affects problem-solving skills and behavior by priming concepts that encourage certain kinds of brain processing.



"Priming means a concept gets activated in a person's head," researcher Joan Meyers-Levy told LiveScience. "When people are in a room with a high ceiling, they activate the idea of freedom. In a low-ceilinged room, they activate more constrained, confined concepts."
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Interesting. The bedroom wing on our Usonian wanna-be will only be 2.1 metres at the lowest point, rising at 3 degress to the doors.



I hope Wright is right: low ceilings giving you a sense of shelter.
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Post by classic form »

Most of mine are only 2.15 meters...about 7' 6". Took a little getting used to.
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The back bedroom of the Weltzheimer House is barely over 6'8". It is a comfortable shelter with close to 1/2 of the room enclosed by glass. The 'gallery' as well is very low so that when you step into the living area the 10' ceiling seems like 12-14'. Built in inspiration! Built to raise the level of our conversation and free the souls of our democracy.
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