The teamconductedreading, patternandmemorytests in more than 6,000 workersagedover 40, toseehowthe number ofhoursworkedeach weekaffects a person'scognitiveability.
Around that time he was also reading A Pattern Language, by Christopher Alexander, an urban theorist who pushed for a new architecture that served various aspects of human behavior, rejecting the arbitrariness of present-day offerings.
Dr Mike Blackburn of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science at the University of Reading admits that the reasons for a static pattern of the flow remain unclear.