Neuroarchitecture and Landscaping: Healing Spaces and the Potential of Sensory Gardens
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Neuroarchitecture and Landscaping: Healing Spaces and the Potential of Sensory Gardens
The physician and writer, Oliver Sacks, explains the value of gardens:
“As a writer, I find gardens essential to the creative process; as a physician, I take my patients to gardens whenever possible. All of us have had the experience of wandering through a lush garden or a timeless desert, walking by a river or an ocean, or climbing a mountain and... See more
“As a writer, I find gardens essential to the creative process; as a physician, I take my patients to gardens whenever possible. All of us have had the experience of wandering through a lush garden or a timeless desert, walking by a river or an ocean, or climbing a mountain and... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: Creative Ideas, Wealth, and Making Life a Celebration | James Clear
“I cannot say exactly how nature exerts its calming and organizing effects on our brains,” the poetic neurologist Oliver Sacks wrote in the dawning years of the twenty-first century, “but I have seen in my patients the restorative and healing powers of nature and gardens, even for those who are deeply disabled neurologically.”
Maria Popova • The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
In fact, research using brain scans suggests that temples, churches, courtyards and beautiful contemporary buildings are particularly adept at rewiring our brains, making us feel ‘connected, appreciative and yet relaxed... in a meditative state induced by contemplative architecture’, the journal Frontiers of Architectural Research reported in 2017.
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