Neuroscience for Built Environment Studies

 

The workshop "Neuroscience for Built Environment Studies" is organized by Simin Nasiri, Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Psychology and Brain Sciences at Georgia Tech, and Yasaman Gholami, Ph.D. Student in Architecture at Georgia Tech. The workshop is a collaborative event supported by the Georgia Tech Neuro Next Initiative, the School of Architecture, the School of Psychology, and the Center for Research and Education in Navigation (CRaNE).

 

During the workshop, an overview of behavioral and neural studies of human and built environment interaction will be presented, with a focus on research methods. The distinguished speakers are Dr. Sonit Bafna, Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech; Dr. Thackery Brown, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology and Director of CRaNE at Georgia Tech; and Dr. Hugo Spiers, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Vice Dean for Innovation and Enterprise in the Faculty of Brain Sciences at UCL.

 

The workshop will also offer an interactive session on neuroscience techniques and devices for built environment studies, including EEG, fNIRS, eye tracking in Extended Reality (VR and AR), and biometric devices. This session will also include examples of methods used in building morphology, such as space syntax analysis and agent-based simulation.

 

The workshop is free, with both in-person and virtual options available.