One of the main goals of NEUROLANDSCAPE is to grow the body of knowledge and awareness about the healing and restorative effect of being immersed in natural environments, and effects of the built elements on our brain. We are continuously running laboratory and on-site experiments that bring us closer to understanding just how the human Read More
Category: Neurolandscape
Doctoral Thesis “Contemplative Values of Urban Parks and Gardens: Applying Neuroscience to Landscape Architecture”
Doctoral Thesis titled “ Contemplative Values of Urban Parks and Gardens: Applying Neuroscience to Landscape Architecture” has been defended!On 22 July 2016 the first PhD thesis joining together methods of neuroscience and landscape architecture has been defended at the Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Portugal. Agnieszka Anna Olszewska, author and founder of Neuro-Landscape managed Read More
Finals of the National Business Plan Competition, iUP25k, University of Porto
Neuro-Landscape in the Finals of the National Business Plan Competition!As the idea of Neuro-Landscape and how it may serve people emerged, we felt a need of confronting it with the reality of the market. This is why we took part in the Business Plan competition organized by the University of Porto for its alumni students.The Read More
The Landscapes and the Brain Seminar, Vairão, Portugal, 2016
The latest seminar on the results of 5-year long studies on the contemplative landscapes and how do they influence the brain activity. Results of the experiment first time revealed in public in CIBIO Research Center, Vairão, Portugal. A very exciting moment for a PhD candidate (A.Olszewska) to present the findings of her doctoral research to Read More
Final Experiment
The time for the final experiment has come. Full sample size, better data acquisition equipment, and 3D quality of images, displayed on the stereoscopic wall. The experiment’s size is nothing like the most reliable clinical experiments, but appropriate to the resources of a PhD research project. Still, enough to prove the hypotheses true or false.We Read More
Next City Interview
Read about how the idea for NeuroLandscape was born and how the research on that topic first developed. It’s exciting to see how far we’ve come since then.Link