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Editor: Simone Kühn

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ISBN: 9783031646980
Year: 2024
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 586
Publisher: Springer Cham

Description: 

This important new book presents an introduction to Environmental Neuroscience, an emerging field devoted to the study of brain-mediated bidirectional relationships between organisms and their physical environments. Environmental Neuroscience offers a novel perspective in the human neurosciences, which have typically focused on the individual isolated from its natural habitat. The book presents the theoretical background of the field, discusses how the environment impacts humans and how humans impact the environment, explores the neuroscience of the built environment, and addresses special populations and presents different methodological approaches. Environmental Neuroscience bringing together the top authorities in the field, will appeal to neuroscientists and to a range of scholars from public health, urban studies, human geography, and architecture who are searching for guidance on what characterizes a health-promoting environment.

Key Features:

• Explores the fundamentals of environmental neuroscience.
• Discusses how the environment impacts human brain function and behavior.
• Examines the role of architecture and the built environment in neural processes.
• Considers special populations and methodological approaches in the field.
• Provides sociological, historical, and equity perspectives on environmental neuroscience.

Table of Contents:

The Fundamentals of Environmental Neuroscience
The Rise and Future of Environmental Neuroscience in Environmental Psychology
Interplay Between the Physical Environment and the Human Brain - Insights from MRI Research
Human Brain and Behavior in Geospatial Context: Why and How
Advancing the Neural Exposome
Leveraging the Social Neuroscience of Prosocial Behavior to Advance Our Understanding of Pro-Environmental Behavior
Neuroscientific Approaches to Understand Barriers and Promotors of Pro-Environmental Behaviour
Aesthetics of Architecture: Emerging Insights from the Brain
The Built Environment and the Brain: Emerging Methods to Investigate the Impact of Viewing Architectural Design
Application of Biometrics in Architectural and Environmental Design
The Potential of Biophilic Design and Nature to Improve Health, Creativity, and Wellbeing
Environmental Exposures and Child Neurodevelopment
Neighbourhood Urban Environments and Cognitive Health in Ageing Populations
The City & the Psych – A Chronology
Environmental Neurorehabilitation: Harnessing the Power of the Environment in Rehabilitation Following Neurological Conditions
Experiential Equity: Reconstructing Cities Through Intersecting Theories
Extended Reality in Environmental Neuroscience Research
Neuroscience and Geographic Information Systems to Investigate the Impact of Global Warming on Mood Disorders and Brain Plasticity in Urban Areas
In the Right Place at the Right Time: Leveraging Geographic Ecological Momentary Assessment to Analyse Contexts and Health
Mapping the Human Brain with Computational Anatomy
EEG for the Study of Environmental Neuroscience
Sociological and Historical Perspectives
The Cognitive Neuroscience of Nature?: Sociological and Historical Perspective on Environmental Neuroscience
Correction to: The Rise and Future of Environmental Neuroscience in Environmental Psychology

• Keywords: Environmental neuroscience, brain-environment interaction, neuroplasticity, environmental psychology, built environment, neuroarchitecture, biophilic design, cognitive health, urban neuroscience, neurorehabilitation

• Target Audience: Researchers, neuroscientists, psychologists, architects, urban planners, environmental scientists, students, academics, healthcare professionals, policymakers

• Genre: Non-fiction, academic, neuroscience, environmental science, psychology, architecture