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Nie and colleagues evaluated lighting’s influence on sleep quality and cognitive performance; participants in their study were 18 to 25 years old.
Cupchik, Van Erp, Cardoso, and Hekkert evaluated factors that influence human creativity.
Pullano and colleagues assessed how navigating through a space is influenced by emotional bonds to it.
Fian and colleagues investigated nature’s effects on wellbeing.
Ding, Liu, and Xu probe sensory associations to gender.
Banerjee and associates studied the effect of lighting on visually impaired older individuals’ experiences in their homes.
Biophilic design is much more than adding a few potted plants to a space and opening the blinds. Designers familiar with the neuroscience research supporting biophilic design have access to tools for developing experiences that elevate mental and physical wellbeing and performance.
Neuroscientists have a nuanced understanding of how humans experience different surface colors. Neuroscience-informed color selections make achieving design objectives more likely, enriching human physical and mental health, wellbeing, and cognitive performance.
The human-generated light that designers choose for spaces has a significant effect on what goes on in our minds and in our bodies. Neuroscience research indicates how to best tune the type of artificial light we experience, that light’s color, intensity, placement, and distribution.