工作效率低？也许是办公室空气的错
Poor office air quality and lack of fresh air affects our ability to make decisions
Working in a well-ventilated 'green' office can help boost your brainpower, researchers have found.
研究人员发现,通风良好的"绿色"办公室有助于提升脑力.
People whose desk space is well ventilated with below average indoor pollution and carbon dioxide levels, showed more ability to think, understand, remember and learn, according to a study.
一项研究称,在办公桌通风条件良好,室内空气污染和二氧化碳水平均低于平均水平的地方,人们表现出更强的思考、理解、记忆和学习能力.
It suggests that the indoor environmental quality can have a profound impact on the decision-making and performance of workers.
这表明,室内环境质量对员工的决策力和工作表现有很大的影响.
Researchers at Harvard looked at the decision making abilities of 24 people, who were exposed to different indoor working conditions over six days.
哈佛大学的研究人员观察了24个人的决策能力,这些人在不同室内环境下工作了六天的时间.
The findings, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, showed those with higher levels of pollutants were less able.
研究发现：污染物水平越高,人们的决策能力越低,这一研究结果发表在《环境健康展望》期刊上.
Participants scored an average 61 percent higher while working in buildings with low pollution levels, compared to days working in a conventional building.
研究参与者在污染程度较低的办公大楼工作时的得分平均比在常规办公大楼工作时高了61%.
They were tested on everything from basic tasks to crisis response and information seeking.
