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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > August > August 22, 2003:
Hour Two: Design and the Mind

In this hour of Science Friday, we'll look at the influence of architecture and design on the mind. Though a gloomy basement office room filled with drab cubicles might make you want to call in sick rather than work late, can architecture and design help improve your mental processes while you area at work? Can architecture make you feel better? Think more creatively? Be a better scientist? We'll talk about it, and the idea that optimal design may be more than just an efficient floorplan.

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Guests:
Kevin Kampschroer
Director of Research
Public Buildings Service
General Services Administration
Washington, DC

Robert McGhee
Institute Architect
Howard Hughes Medical Medical Institute
Houston, Texas

John Eberhard
Latrobe Fellow, American Institute of Architects
AIA National Director of Research & Planning
Advisory Board Member
Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
San Diego, California

Eduardo Macagno
Advisory Board Member, Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture
Dean, School of Biological Sciences
University of California San Diego
San Diego, California

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Related Links:
Neuroscience for Architecture
Welcome to the Center for Health Design
ARCHITECTURE AND NEUROSCIENCE: Index page
Biology News - Research project will study architecture's impact on the brain
McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR - Architects Launch New Science Dubbed ˜Neuro-Architecture'

This segment produced by Annette Heist

 


 

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