How the physical environment shapes the human brain

Información del proyecto

BrainScape

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101086188

DOI

10.3030/101086188

Fecha de la firma de la CE 17 Abril 2023

Fecha de inicio 1 Julio 2023

Fecha de finalización 30 Junio 2028

Financiado con arreglo a

• European Research Council (ERC)

Coste total

€ 1 999 600,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 1 999 600,00

Coordinado por

MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV
Germany

CORDIS proporciona enlaces a los documentos públicos y las publicaciones de los proyectos de los programas marco HORIZONTE.

Los enlaces a los documentos y las publicaciones de los proyectos del Séptimo Programa Marco, así como los enlaces a algunos tipos de resultados específicos, como conjuntos de datos y «software», se obtienen dinámicamente de OpenAIRE .

Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (32)

Style mixing houses: The role of high- and low-level visual features in human house facade evaluation

Autores: Kira Pohlmann, Nour Tawil, Timothy R. Brick, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Acta Psychologica, Edición 262, 2026, ISSN 0001-6918
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ACTPSY.2025.106126

Gene-environment interplay in the relationship between the visibility of the environment and self-reported depression in early midlife: a Finnish twin cohort study

Autores: Zhiyang Wang; Stephanie Zellers; Maarit Piirtola; Sari Aaltonen; Jessica Salvatore; Danielle Dick; Simone Kühn; Jaakko Kaprio
Publicado en: medRxiv, 2025, ISSN 3067-2007
Editor: medRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2025.05.23.25328215

Are we afraid of the woods? – An investigation of the implicit and explicit fear reactions to forests

Autores: Djo Juliette Fischer; Frederik Schröer; Saskia Denecke; Lawrence Murphy; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Environmental Research, 2024, ISSN 1096-0953
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2024.119573

When houses wear faces: Reverse correlation applied to architectural design

Autores: Kira Pohlmann, Nour Tawil, Timothy R. Brick, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 98, 2024, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2024.102401

Can a nature walk change your brain? Investigating hippocampal brain plasticity after one hour in a forest

Autores: Sonja Sudimac, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Environmental Research, Edición 262, 2024, ISSN 0013-9351
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2024.119813

Frontiers in Psychology

Autores: Sandra Weber; Anna Mascherek; Jobst Augustin; Bastian Cheng; Götz Thomalla; Hanno Hoven; Volker Harth; Matthias Augustin; Jürgen Gallinat; Simone Kühn; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Frontiers in Psychology, 2024, ISSN 1664-1078
Editor: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1267900

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Autores: Mascherek, Anna; Düzel, Sandra; Eibich, Peter; Krekel, Christian; Goebel, Jan; Gallinat, Jürgen; Wagner, Gert G.; Lindenberger, Ulman; Kühn, Simone
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2024, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2023.102224

Investigating effects of day-to-day variations in environmental exposure on the human brain: the Day2Day Environment project

Autores: Kim Falkenstein; Claire Pauley; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Crossref, 2025, ISSN 2330-1635
Editor: Crossref
DOI: 10.31234/OSF.IO/WT5ZS_V1

Subjective evaluation of home environment and levels of self‐reported depression in middle to old age: Results from the HCHS study

Autores: Leonie Ascone; Anna Mascherek; Sandra Weber; Djo Fischer; Jobst Augustin; Bastian Cheng; Götz Thomalla; Matthias Augustin; Birgit‐Christiane Zyriax; Jürgen Gallinat; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2024, ISSN 1097-4679
Editor: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.23656

Low-Level Visual Features of Window Views Contribute to Perceived Naturalness and Mental Health Outcomes

Autores: Larissa Samaan; Leonie Klock; Sandra Weber; Mirjam Reidick; Leonie Ascone; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2024, ISSN 1660-4601
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21050598

Scientific Reports

Autores: Mostajeran, F.; Friedrich, M.; Steinicke, F.; Kühn, S. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-7969; Stuerzlinger, W.
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-19113-4

Meadows or asphalt road – Does momentary affective well-being vary with immediate physical environment? Results from a geographic ecological momentary assessment study in three metropolitan areas in Germany

Autores: Anna Mascherek, Gloria Luong, Cornelia Wrzus, Michaela Riediger, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Environmental Research, Edición 264, 2025, ISSN 0013-9351
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2024.120283

Informing the redesign of psychiatric seclusion rooms: a mixed-methods pre-evaluation with individuals with lived experience

Autores: Leonie Ascone, Candelaria Mahlke, Nour Tawil, Larissa Samaan, Martin Frisch, Lena Nugent, Rebecca Nixdorf, Florian Börncke, Daniel Lüdecke, Rabea Fischer, Nora Bach, Cindy Hackbarth, Timothy McCall, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: BMC Psychiatry, Edición 26, 2026, ISSN 1471-244X
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S12888-026-07780-0

Scientific Reports

Autores: Izabela Maria Sztuka; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Springer Science
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-024-84988-8

Impact of exposure to natural versus urban soundscapes on brain functional connectivity, BOLD entropy and behavior

Autores: Emil Stobbe, Caroline Garcia Forlim, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Environmental Research, 2024, ISSN 0013-9351
Editor: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2023.117788

Comparing aesthetic preferences and agreement ratings in depictions of natural and urban environments

Autores: Anna Mascherek, Lawrence Murphy, Martin Lisanik, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 106, 2025, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2025.102709

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Autores: Moana Beyer; Timothy R. Brick; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2024, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2024.102293

Resting state network changes induced by experimental inaudible infrasound exposure and associations with self-reported noise sensitivity and annoyance

Autores: Caroline Garcia Forlim, Leonie Ascone, Christian Koch, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, Edición 14, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-024-76543-2

Environment and Behaviour

Autores: Kühn, S.; Schmalen, K.; Beijers, R.; Tyborowska, A.B.; Tyborowska, A.B.; Roelofs, K.; Roelofs, K.; de Weerth, C.; de Weerth, C.
Publicado en: Environment and Behavior, 2023, ISSN 0013-9165
Editor: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/00139165231183095

Infant Care: Predictors of Outdoor Walking, Infant Carrying and Infant Outdoor Sleeping

Autores: Nicole Rheinheimer; Stefania V. Vacaru; Julie C. van Immerseel; Simone Kühn; Carolina de Weerth
Publicado en: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2024, ISSN 1660-4601
Editor: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21060694

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Autores: Beyer, M. ; https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0556-4616; Brick, T.; Kühn, S. ; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-7969
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2024, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2024.102293

Multi- vs. unimodal forest-bathing in VR to enhance affective and cognitive recovery after acute stress

Autores: Leonie Ascone, Fariba Mostajeran, Anna Mascherek, Nour Tawil, Thiemo Knaust, Larissa Samaan, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 105, 2025, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2025.102637

Nature exposure induces analgesic effects by acting on nociception-related neural processing

Autores: Maximilian O. Steininger, Mathew P. White, Lukas Lengersdorff, Lei Zhang, Alexander J. Smalley, Simone Kühn, Claus Lamm
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-56870-2

Natural vs. built visual urban landscape elements around the home and their associations with mental and brain health of residents: A narrative review

Autores: Marie Sander, Anne Klimesch, Larissa Samaan, Simone Kühn, Jobst Augustin, Leonie Ascone
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 104, 2025, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2025.102559

Multi- vs. unimodal forest-bathing in VR to enhance affective and cognitive recovery after acute stress

Autores: Leonie Ascone, Fariba Mostajeran, Anna Mascherek, Nour Tawil, Thiemo Knaust, Larissa Samaan, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 105, 2025, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2025.102637

Environmental neuroscience unravels the pathway from the physical environment to mental health

Autores: Simone Kühn, Jürgen Gallint
Publicado en: Nature Mental Health, 2023, ISSN 2731-6076
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1038/s44220-023-00137-6

Interactive room design as a tool for understanding form and style preferences

Autores: Kira Pohlmann, Noah Lichtlein, Fariba Mostajeran, Nour Tawil, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Scientific Reports, Edición 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-025-23543-5

The effect of the physical environment on adolescents’ sense of justice

Autores: André Vilela Komatsu, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 103, 2025, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2025.102582

Visualising and understanding human evaluation of house facades: GAN applied to environmental psychology

Autores: Kira Pohlmann, Nour Tawil, Timothy R. Brick, Ehsan Yaghoubi, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Journal of Environmental Psychology, Edición 107, 2025, ISSN 0272-4944
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JENVP.2025.102803

Immersive videos of natural and urban environments can enhance awe and psychological well-being

Autores: Lisa L. Barth; Fariba Mostajeran; Frank Steinicke; Bernhard E. Riecke; Simone Kühn; Simone Kühn; Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2025, ISSN 2673-4192
Editor: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/FRVIR.2025.1532991

Investigating associations between the physical living environment and hippocampus in adulthood and older age

Autores: Johanna Drewelies, Angela Fiedler, Timothy R. Brick, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Environmental Research, Edición 267, 2025, ISSN 0013-9351
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2024.120728

Compassion-focused virtual reality for individuals with a psychotic disorder: a randomized-controlled pilot study

Autores: Leonie Ascone, Fariba Mostajeran, Hendrik Hagen, Florian Börncke, Leonie Klock, Jürgen Gallinat, Simone Kühn
Publicado en: Psychosis, Edición 18, 2026, ISSN 1752-2439
Editor: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/17522439.2025.2545769