Psychological Effects of Wood Used in the Indoor Settings

In the present project, possible psychological benefits of wood used in indoor environments will be investigated. Benefits of interest include stress level, psychological well-being, and pain management. Wood used in the indoor environment includes floori ng, interior cladding and furniture made from solid sawn timber products, engineered wood products and wood based panels. The research will involve experimental and quasi-experimental studies that use both subjective and objective measures of individual o utcomes and the environmental characteristics that may predict them. Results from the project can be used to identify use of wood that maximize psychological and health benefits. If the results indicate that use of natural building materials, such as wood , improve the indoor living environment, the project will probably result in increased use of wood for construction purposes.