A5039494287- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Noise Effects and Management
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Facilities and Workplace Management
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Sleep and related disorders
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Impact of Light on Environment and Health
- Educational Environments and Student Outcomes
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Spatial Cognition and Navigation
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Color perception and design
Quality Living
2018-2024
Emory University
2012-2023
Mayo Clinic
2019-2021
WinnMed
2019-2021
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
2020
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2016-2018
Washington University in St. Louis
2010
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2001
Windows provide access to daylight and view, both of which have been linked positive outcomes for occupants, including improved satisfaction, well-being, performance. However, window can also cause discomfort eyestrain from glare. This controlled crossover study tested the occupant impacts two modern shading systems designed view while minimizing glare: windows with manually-controlled motorized mesh shades (Mesh Shades) automatic tinting (Dynamic Tint). Ten participants spent fourteen weeks...
Experiencing nature provides a multitude of health benefits. Biophilic design has emerged as approach that aims to reconnect occupants with the natural environment. We evaluated impact multisensory biophilic environment on occupants' cognitive performance, stress, productivity, mood, connectedness nature, and attention. Thirty-seven participants in three cohorts were exposed interventions (visual, auditory, combination (multisensory)) baseline condition, weekly variations over eight weeks. A...
Objective: Brain imaging studies in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have implicated a circuitry of brain regions including the medial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, parietal and insula. Pharmacological treatment shown reversal deficits response to traumatic reminders. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is promising non-pharmacologic approach anxiety pain disorders. The purpose this study was assess effects MBSR on PTSD symptoms reminders measured positron...
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, despite important advances in our understanding this disorder, the underlying mechanisms remain under investigation. Recently, increased attention has been placed on role behavioral factors such as emotional stress CAD risk. Brain areas involved memory response, including medial prefrontal cortex, insula, parietal also have outputs to peripheral cardiovascular system. The purpose study was assess effects mental brain...
As a critical factor in the built environment, lighting presents considerable influence on occupants. Previous research across static conditions has found that both illuminance and correlated color temperature (CCT) affect occupants’ physiological psychological functioning. However, little been conducted non-visual impacts of dynamic with daily variation CCT levels. The purpose this study is to better understand impact office health, well-being experience at living lab. Fifteen participants...
Background The relatives of individuals with schizophrenia exhibit deficits overall frontal lobe volume, consistent a genetic contribution to these deficits. Aims To quantify the structure gyral-defined subregions prefrontal cortex in and their siblings. Method Grey matter cortical thickness, surface area superior, middle inferior gyri were measured participants unaffected (non-psychotic) siblings ( n = 26 pairs), controls 40 pairs). Results volume was reduced schizophrenia, relative...
Workplace-related stressors, economic strain, and lack of access to educational basic needs have exacerbated feelings stress in the United States. Ongoing can result an increased risk cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, mental health disorders. Similarly, workplace translate a decrease employee productivity higher costs associated with absenteeism organization. Detecting events that correlate during workday is first step addressing its negative effects on wellbeing. Although there are variety...
Autobiographical memory (AM) is a critically important form of for life events that undergoes substantial developmental changes from childhood to adulthood. Relatively little known regarding the functional neural correlates AM retrieval in children as assessed with fMRI, and how they may differ adults. We investigated this question 14 ages 8-11 years adults 19-30 years, contrasting semantic (SM) retrieval. During scanning, participants were cued by verbal prompts retrieve previously selected...
The living lab approach to building science research provides the ability accurately monitor occupants and their environment use resulting data evaluate impact that various components of built have on human comfort, health, well-being. A hypothesized benefit is simulate real indoor in an experimentally controlled setting over relatively long periods time, overcoming a significant hurdle encountered many chamber-type experimental designs rarely reflect typical environments. Here, we present...
Abstract The influence of acute psychological stress on cardiovascular disease is an emerging public health concern. Identification brain mechanisms underlying this may aid in the discovery possible treatments. Acute induce arteriolar vasoconstriction and reduce blood flow to vital organs. We hypothesized that functional changes regions involved with memory autonomic/emotional regulation are implicated vasoconstrictive response, including medial prefrontal cortex (anterior cingulate),...
Stress is an important contributor to myocardial ischemia and the progression of coronary artery disease (CAD), women are more susceptible than men these effects. Little known, however, about neural basis sex differences. We investigated differences in correlates mental stress a sample 53 female 112 male participants (N = 165) with CAD, without stress-induced (MSI), during exposure arithmetic tasks public speaking using high-resolution positron emission tomography (HR-PET) radiolabeled water...
Childhood sexual abuse is the leading cause of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in women, and a prominent morbidity loss function for which limited treatments are available. Understanding neurobiology treatment response important developing new treatments. The purpose this study was to assess neural correlates personalized traumatic memories women with childhood without PTSD, treatment.
The Well Living Lab explores a methodological approach to conducting human-centered building science research in living lab environment by considering how balance the best data collection practices from multiple disciplines, remotely monitor environmental parameters of our study space reliable and secure technological network sensors cloud-based systems, construct physical with flexibility mind. This paper presents unique challenges faced as its researchers collaborate architects, engineers,...
The built environment affects the behaviors and experience of its occupants. Recent technological advances have made it possible to simultaneously quantify features indoor outdoor environments people's reactions within these environments. In a new research methodology, "living lab", aspects are varied, consequent environmental changes measured through combination objective automated sensing capabilities behavioral techniques. This approach can be implemented tightly controlled lab spaces or...
Previous work has demonstrated the modest impact of environmental interventions that manipulate lighting, sound, or temperature on sleep inertia symptoms. The current study sought to expand previous and measure a multimodal intervention collectively manipulated light, ambient inertia. Participants slept in lab for four nights were awoken each morning by either traditional alarm clock intervention. Feelings measured through Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) assessments ratings sleepiness mood...
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Background: People spend most of their time indoors, limiting exposure to natural environments that negatively impact occupants, including cognition. Biophilic design is one strategy integrate elements indoor environments, though the research has focused predominantly on visual biophilic elements, like plants. The current study measured both and auditory cognitive performance. Auditory consisted regionally specific nature sounds (e.g. running water, wind, local birds) played from overhead...
Midday naps have been shown to enhance visuospatial learning in young children. However, it is not well understood whether the immediate benefit of a nap on tasks generalizable other declarative hippocampal-dependent memory tasks. The aim current study determine effect midday consolidation for episodic memories Specifically, we used storybook task order probe common framework at this age. We tested five children (M= 48; SD= 2.3 mos). Children engaged story-based consisting four 10-page...