Koen Steemers

Here is the MIT Tech Review article covering the data collection linked to this new Phd Opportunity at our new International Centre for NeuroArchitecture and NeuroDesign:

www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/13/1...

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6

There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.

YouTube video by The Daylight Award The Daylight Award Presents: A Conversation on Daylight Education and Research

The Daylight Award Presents: A Conversation on Daylight Education and Research. It was a pleasure to be in conversation with Dr Mandana Khanie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAk8...

The BDNF-Interactive Model for Sustainable Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Humans: Synergistic Effects of Environmentally-Mediated Physical Activity, Cognitive Stimulation, and Mindfulness This paper bridges critical gaps through proposing a novel, environmentally mediated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-interactive model that promises to sustain adult hippocampal neurogenesis ...

Neuro-architect scholar @mohamedkhalil.bsky.social proposes a (built) environment mediated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) model to sustain neurogenesis in humans. www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...

MindScape – setting the agenda for future research at the intersection of wellbeing, education and architecture - CRASSH MindScape network

Are you interested in young people’s well-being and mental health? Does your work relate to education or the educational built environment? If so, join our networking event to launch the Mindscape network

5 December 2024 from 10am-12pm

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/43787/

We definitely work best as a team at BBP - www.arct.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

MindScape – setting the agenda for future research at the intersection of wellbeing, education and architecture - CRASSH MindScape network

If you are in Cambridge (UK) on 5 December, come and join the MindScape research event. I can’t promise Sinterklaas, but the event will be just as much fun! www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/43787/

Researchers Link Satellite Data With Brain Scans To Identify Environmental Impacts on Brain Development A new study highlights how environmental factors can impact mental health, cognition and brain development in young people.

If folks are interested in linking macro-environment/satellite data to brain data see our study here (news.gsu.edu/2024/11/12/r...; www.nature.com/articles/s44...). You can also play with it yourself, the data are released as part of ABCD data release 5.0. ;-)

Start with designing better homes where we spend ca. 60% of our lives? Prevention is better than cure.

1) I’m currently working on the architecture of ships and how this relates to health (remember cruise ships as covid incubators!?).
2) Environmental (spatial, visual, sensory) diversity in the built environment can be both good and bad. This wholly depends on the context and on the viewer.

If you are interested in #neuroarchitecture and #biophilicdesign, our research group (www.arct.cam.ac.uk/research/res...) is producing regular academic papers. Here are three: www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/14...; www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....; www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/14...;