Abstract

Neuroscience is opening exciting doors to the essence of the brain with the help of new technologies, demonstrating that the built environment plays an important role in the physical and emotional health of its users, broadening the opportunities for children to influence their learning and development processes. The purpose of this study was to provide architects with an exploration of the latent powers of architectural design through an authentic experiment to assess the effect different design decisions have on children's physiological and psychological states, and thus on their brain development.