Friday, August 02, 2013
In a Creative Rut? Change Your Environment
99U: Could our physical environment affect the way that our brain works? As the fields of neuroscience and architecture converge, researchers have found evidence to support the hypothesis that our physical environment can speed up the process of neurogenesis — the rate at which our brain creates new neurons and neural connections.
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Creativity is a difficult concept to study and pin down. Its interesting to think that there is a connection between brain function and environment, but it also makes sense. People draw inspiration from a variety of things, why shouldn't a place be one of them? I know that some professionals, when designing a building or a set piece will do research and even look at existing structures and places for ideas. Now that research has begun to show evidence of a connection, I'm curious to see if this will begin to affect the real world. I think it would be interesting to try and apply this concept to all levels of education and fields which are a little more rigid.
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