I'm not talking about feng shui, which is a load of buffalo crap;  independant feng shui specialists often differ about the best way to arrange a room for the same purpose.  I'm talking about how tactile senses might stimulate or calm our emotions and even our behaviors.  I first heard about this study on NPR's Talk of the Nation.  Now that I think about it, I'm pretty sure that the car salesman who sold us our Ford Explorer was sitting in a chair that was much harder than mine.  I also remember feeling very uncomfortable about negotiating with him and making a hard line in the sand, so to speak.  I did it anyway, but I ended up sitting way on the edge of my seat.  Wierd.  Guess he knew something I didn't.  I took it in the shorts on the interest rate, thinking I would just refinance in a couple months, but little did I know the real estate market was going to crash and screw me on my rental in Florida, leaving me in a position much too sorry to even consider refinancing.