Understanding the prehistoric brain could help us create better buildings
Applying the cognitive neurosciences to architecture and real estate development could improve the design of buildings.
Dr John Medina is a developmental molecular biologist focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller “Brain Rules”— a provocative book that takes on the way work and school environments are designed; a fellow of architecture firm NBBJ; and holds an affiliate faculty appointment at the University of Washington.