CIB, U. Mayor joins the organization of the first Latin American Congress of Neuroarchitecture
09-20-2021
The event, led by the Institute of Neuro Architecture and Design (NAD) of Chile, will take place between Monday 4 and Friday 8 October, and will bring together researchers who will expose how neuroscience, architecture and design can come together to create spaces that promote the well-being of people.
Even before the confinement that we have experienced this last year as a result of the pandemic, it was estimated that a person spends more than 90% of the day indoors, which is why it is essential that the spaces we inhabit are thought, designed and built to improve our quality of life and health.
In this context, two very different disciplines such as architecture and neuroscience have found common ground through the study of the psychological and emotional effects that built spaces have on people.
For this reason, the first Latin American Neuroarchitecture Congress will take place between next Monday, October 4 and Friday, October 8, organized by the Institute of Neuro Architecture and Design (NAD) of Chile.
"Neuroscience applied to architecture and design combines cognitive and brain scientific research factors to understand how sensory perception works in people and the built environment," says architect Pablo Redondo, director of the NAD Institute, who adds that " there are investigations and studies on neuroscience that can help us design better spaces, which relate human perception to the experiences and well-being of people ”
The scientific event also has the support of the Center for Integrative Biology (CIB) of the Universidad Mayor, whose researchers have carried out work associated with spatial memory and recognition of sensory stimuli using different experimental animal models.
“One of our focuses of work is to understand how the aging process and also brain diseases modify locomotor and cognitive aspects. This is relevant because the generation of public and private spaces should consider how different pathologies and also the aging process modify our sensory and cognitive capacities. ”, Explains Dr. Felipe Court, Director of the Center for Integrative Biology at the Universidad Mayor, who he will be one of the panelists of the Congress.
In his exhibition (Wednesday, October 6), Court will show, together with the Spanish psychiatrist and researcher Alejandro Keymer, how different animal models currently used in research could be used to study important variables in the design of spaces, especially factors such as circadian rhythms, stress and mechanisms. maintenance of homeostasis.
The program of the event also exhibits more than 20 speakers from various countries, who will disseminate their research on issues of education, health, well-being of people and the social impact in cities.
Participating in the Congress has no cost, but interested persons must register on the site www.nad.cl/congreso
