S4 Ep9: Your Mind on the Built Environment with Dr. Isabella Bower
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Have you ever wondered how the built environment effects your mood? Is it true that red rooms make you angry? This week we sit down with Dr. Isabella Bower to discuss her on research on how the built environment can impact our mental health. Dr. Bower shares how the colour and size of rooms may influence us and how we should think about designing the built environment for mental health. Beth and Ava share how they feel that space effects them.
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Dr. Isabella Bower
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Bower, I. S., Hill, A. T., & Enticott, P. G. (2023). Functional brain connectivity during exposure to the scale and color of interior built environments. Human brain mapping, 44(2), 447-457.
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Bower, I. S., Clark, G. M., Tucker, R., Hill, A. T., Lum, J. A., Mortimer, M. A., & Enticott, P. G. (2022). Built environment color modulates autonomic and EEG indices of emotional response. Psychophysiology, 59(12), e14121.