The Effect of Indoor Thermal Comfort on Visual Search Task Performances in a Personal Learning Environment

Yoon-Ki Min; Woo-Hyun Jung; Boseong Kim

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The Effect of Indoor Thermal Comfort on Visual Search Task Performances in a Personal Learning Environment

Yoon-Ki Min, Woo-Hyun Jung, Boseong Kim

Published in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 6)

Received: 16 October 2014 Accepted: 11 November 2014 Published: 17 November 2014

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Abstract

This study examined the effect of perceived indoor thermal comfort of a personal learning environment on students’ performances of the visual search task. To do this, 11 participants who attended a high school completed the scale of indoor thermal comfort in the simulated learning environment and they performed the visual search task which reflects selective attention. As a result, there was a strong negative correlation between indoor thermal comfort and visual search task performance regardless of task difficulty. This was different from the common sense view that comfortable environments improve occupant’s performances. While this result could have been affected by students’ arousal level or perceived sensitivity to the environments, these variables didn’t appear to significantly influence the inverse relationship between indoor thermal comfort and visual search task performance. These findings could potentially be used to shape an optimal thermal learning environment in order to improve learner’s learning performance.

Published in	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences (Volume 3, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.pbs.20140306.11
Page(s)	185-191
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2014. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Indoor Thermal Comfort, Visual Search Task Performance, Perceived Thermal Sensitivity, Arousal Level, Learning Environment

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Yoon-Ki Min, Woo-Hyun Jung, Boseong Kim. The Effect of Indoor Thermal Comfort on Visual Search Task Performances in a Personal Learning Environment. Psychol Behav Sci. 2014;3(6):185-191. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20140306.11

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Yoon-Ki Min

Dept. of Psychology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
Woo-Hyun Jung

Dept. of Psychology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
Boseong Kim

Dept. of Philosophical Counseling and Psychology, Dong-Eui University, Busan, South Korea

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Yoon-Ki Min, Woo-Hyun Jung, Boseong Kim. The Effect of Indoor Thermal Comfort on Visual Search Task Performances in a Personal Learning Environment. Psychol Behav Sci. 2014;3(6):185-191. doi: 10.11648/j.pbs.20140306.11

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