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Re:Is Conference Room Air Making Us Dumber? by TornTongues on Monday May 06, 2019 @08:31PM (#19845325)
I subjectively noticed that a "stale office building" environment prevents my thinking, while a breeze in the open air is more intellectually stimulating.

Attributed this to the richer environment of nature, but it turns out that there is scientific research that finds a correlation between cognitive ability and airflow: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036013231...

Short answer: yes.

Re:Is Conference Room Air Making Us Dumber? by closeparen on Thursday May 09, 2019 @01:16AM (#19865599)
My office building is clearly capacity-planned for cubicles. As we pack it denser and denser, the overload shows up in obvious places: elevators, bathrooms, cafeterias, parking. But I bet we are also overtaxing the air handlers. Might help explain why it feels so much more stifling now.