Some things from Blink

[chronicidic]

Physical environments (e.g. dorm rooms) correlate with inhabitant personality. (see study)
Four distinct but not mutually exclusive types of cues:

1. Self-directed identity claims: symbolic statements, often personal, intended to reinforce occupant's self-views. Examples: poster of Einstein, movie ticket stub from a date, pebble from the beach.

Comments

[icephantom]

there's a reason why i love going to people's rooms. it shows everyone's personality! it's the first place i like to visit in a house, but it's hard to get there. >_>

[xhuwin]

Did you paraphrase this from Blink

[chronicidic]

partly, and I also took from the original articles stuff that wasn't in blink