ORCID Profile
0000-0002-5681-4084
Current Organisations
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
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University of Zurich
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Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 26-11-2019
DOI: 10.1038/S41597-019-0272-6
Abstract: Thermal discomfort is one of the main triggers for occupants’ interactions with components of the built environment such as adjustments of thermostats and/or opening windows and strongly related to the energy use in buildings. Understanding causes for thermal (dis-)comfort is crucial for design and operation of any type of building. The assessment of human thermal perception through rating scales, for ex le in post-occupancy studies, has been applied for several decades however, long-existing assumptions related to these rating scales had been questioned by several researchers. The aim of this study was to gain deeper knowledge on contextual influences on the interpretation of thermal perception scales and their verbal anchors by survey participants. A questionnaire was designed and consequently applied in 21 language versions. These surveys were conducted in 57 cities in 30 countries resulting in a dataset containing responses from 8225 participants. The database offers potential for further analysis in the areas of building design and operation, psycho-physical relationships between human perception and the built environment, and linguistic analyses.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-01-2020
DOI: 10.1038/S41597-019-0348-3
Abstract: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 04-09-2023
DOI: 10.1002/EJP.2179
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2020
Publisher: Center for Open Science
Date: 11-06-2022
Abstract: We present here a unifying framework for affective phenomena: the Human Affectome. By synthesizing a large body of literature, we have converged on definitions that disambiguate the commonly used terms—affect, feeling, emotion, and mood. Based on this definitional foundation, and under the premise that affective states reflect allostatic concerns, we take a goal-directed, enactive perspective. The human affectome is comprised of allostatic features (valence, motivation, and arousal) and allostatic concerns, which differ in the amount of action required to alleviate allostatic load. Allostatic concerns often fall into three ranges: physiological (the most immediate), operational (intermediate to distal), and global. Global concerns involve summations of overall trajectory, general wellbeing, and self-identity. Within this organizational scheme, the human affectome allows vastly different scientific interests to reside within the same theoretical framework and relate to each other. We hope this framework serves as a common focal point for affective research.
Location: Germany
Location: Germany
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