[HTML][HTML] Housing environmental enrichment, lifestyles, and public health indicators of neurogenesis in humans: A pilot study

MH Khalil, K Steemers - … Journal of Environmental Research and Public …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: In response to the rising mental health concerns and cognitive decline
associated with the human brain's neurogenesis, which continues until the tenth decade of …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental affordance for physical activity, neurosustainability, and brain health: quantifying the built environment's ability to sustain BDNF release by …

MH Khalil - Brain Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background/Objectives: Unlike enriched environments for rodents, human-built
environments often hinder neuroplasticity through sedentary lifestyles, to which exercise can …

[HTML][HTML] Designing affective workplace environments: The impact of typology, contour, ceiling and partition height on cognitive and aesthetic appraisal

M Gath-Morad, S Egli, J Grübel, K Steemers… - Building and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Up to 90% of our time is spent indoors, with 40% of a full-time employee's waking hours
spent at work, underscoring the critical importance of workplace environments in promoting …

Predicting real-world navigation performance from a virtual navigation task in older adults

S Goodroe, P Fernandez Velasco, CJ Gahnstrom… - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Virtual reality environments presented on tablets and smartphones offer a novel way of
measuring navigation skill and predicting real-world navigation problems. The extent to …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying indoor navigation map information considering the dynamic map elements for scale adaptation

J Zhou, J Shen, C Fu, R Weibel, Z Zhou - International Journal of Applied …, 2025 - Elsevier
The indoor map is an indispensable component to visualize human users' real-time
locations and guided routes to find their destinations in large and complex buildings …

Experiments as Code and its application to VR studies in human-building interaction

L Aguilar, M Gath-Morad, J Grübel, J Ermatinger… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Experiments as Code (ExaC) is a concept for reproducible, auditable, debuggable,
reusable, & scalable experiments. Experiments are a crucial tool to understand Human …

Lanes, Clusters, Lines of Sight: Modelling diagnostic eyecare clinics to improve patient flow

K Sailer, M Utley, R Pachilova, ATZ Fouad, X Li… - OSF …, 2024 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Lengthy waiting times for ophthalmology appointments in the UK National Health Service
(NHS) increased further in the immediate aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, necessitating …

TravelAgent: Generative Agents in the Built Environment

A Noyman, K Hu, K Larson - arxiv preprint arxiv:2412.18985, 2024 - arxiv.org
Understanding human behavior in built environments is critical for designing functional, user
centered urban spaces. Traditional approaches, such as manual observations, surveys, and …

[PDF][PDF] Towards Affective Workplace Environments: How Typology, Contour, and Partition Height Impact Cognitive and Aesthetic Appraisal

M Gath-Morad, S Egli, J Grubel, K Steemers… - researchgate.net
The study aims to deepen our understanding of how systematic design variations applied to
the spatial configurations of three distinct workplace typologies—Open plan, Cellular, and …

TravelAgent: Generative-Agents Simulator for Human Behavior Analysis in Design Environments

A Noyman, K Hu - GAMA Days 2024, 2024 - hal.science
Understanding human interaction with built environments is essential for designing
functional and engaging urban spaces [3, 1]. Traditional methods, such as manual …