Healthcare/Therapeutic Design

Education Session - Panel Format

FRI-D03 - This Is Your Brain on Green: Neuroscience and the Landscape

1.5 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Moderator(s)

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  Sara Carr, Assoc. ASLA

  Assistant Professor
  Northeastern University

Panelists(s)

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  Jennifer Roe

  DeShong Professor of Design + Health, Director, Center for Design + Health
  School of Architecture, University of Virginia
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  William Sullivan, ASLA

  Professor and Head of Landscape Architecture
  University of Illinois
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  Edie Zusman

  Neurosurgeon
  NorthBay Healthcare

Interaction with nature has quantifiable positive effects on stress, fatigue, and even academic performance. This session discusses the latest research at the intersection of neuroscience and landscape architecture and how these studies make a case for the integration of landscape in environments for schoolchildren, the elderly, and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the specific effects landscape has on brain activity and overall well-being, and methods of measurement.
• Understand the special implications of this research for environments for children, teenagers, and the elderly.
• Identify strategies to integrate cutting-edge research to add value to projects, particularly schools and parks.
• Discuss how partnerships can be formed between the academy and practices to implement and advance this research.