Summary: Does this building make me look green? Episode 36 by Lisa Willemse (Click here to directly access the MP3) (Access the full text transcript) Find something warm to hold on to before you listen to this. If you’re scratching your head in confusion, research has an answer. Embodied cognition is the term generally used to describe the impact your immediate environment has on your choices and perceptions, from how you perceive strangers and events to where you decide to throw your trash. Integrated into design, it might even help us adopt better behaviours. Listen to the podcast to learn more… For more information: Williams LE and Bargh JA (2008) Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal WarmthScience 322(5901):606-7. Wu DW, DiGiacomo A, and Kingstone A. (2013) A Sustainable Building Promotes Pro-Environmental Behavior: An Observational Study on Food Disposal. PLoS One 8(1): e53856. Eskine KJ, Kacinik NA, and Webster GD. (2012) The bitter truth about morality: virtue, not vice, makes a bland beverage taste nice. PLoS One 7 (7): e41159. Lisa Willemse is a science communicator with an interest in the science found in our everyday lives. She has worked as a journalist, photographer and was once encouraged to take a job in sales (she lasted one day). She is an alumni of the Banff Science Communications Program and currently works for the Stem Cell Network in Ottawa.
