Does architecture affect my brain?

In this episode, we will answer the question: Does architecture affect our brains? Spoiler alert: the answer is a resounding YES! In just two minutes, learn about the landmark study that launched the field of Neuroscience for Architecture. Stock Music provided by four_track, from Pond5 Images by: Jamaal Cooks on Unsplash Jared Rice on Unsplash Milad Fakurian on Unsplash Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Annemarie Horne on Unsplash Alexandr Gusev on Unsplash Susan Q Yin on Unsplash Matthew Mejia on Unsplash Grant Durr on Unsplash Andrae Ricketts on Unsplash References: Kempermann, G., Kuhn, H. G. & Gage, F. H. (1997). More hippocampal neurons in adult mice living in an enriched environment. Nature, 386(6624), 493–495. https://doi.org/10.1038/386493a0 Eriksson, P., Perfilieva, E., Bjork-Eriksson, T., Alborn, A., Nordborg, C., Peterson, D. & Gage, F. (1998). Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus, Nature Medicine, 4:1313-7. Van Praag, H., Kempermann, G. & Gage, F. (2000). Neural Consequences of environmental enrichment. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. 1(3):191-198. Peen, J., Schoevers, R., Beekman, A. & Dekker J. (2010). The current status of urban–rural differences in psychiatric disorders. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 121(2):84-93. Lederbogen, F., Kirsch, P., Haddad, L., Streit, F., Tost, H., Schuch, P., et al. (2011). City living and urban upbringing affect neural social stress processing in humans. Nature, 474(7352), 498-501. Golembiewski, J. (2017). Architecture, the urban environment and severe psychosis: Aetiology. Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health; 2:1 Lobel, J. & Akil, H. (2018). Law & Neuroscience: The Case of Solitary Confinement. Daedalus 2018; 147 (4): 61–75. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/daed_a_00520 Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA). www.anfarch.org I'm at www.meredithbanasiak.com Twitter @MerBanasiak Instagram science.and.design