UDIT promotes neuroarchitecture in the classroom with the workshop "Neuroenvironments".
The activity is part of the series Neuro-Entornos: Educate, Communicate and Design for a healthy brain, organised by the research groups NEURO_COLAB and GITDcom of UDIT, within the Science Week Madrid 2025.
The University of Design, Innovation and Technology (UDIT) held the workshop "Neuro-environments: Redesign your space to think and learn better", given by Ivette Caldelas and Alejandro Martínez, researchers from the NEURO_COLAB group, at the Base International School. The session inaugurated the cycle "Neuro-Environments: Educate, Communicate and Design for a healthy brain", an initiative jointly organised by the NEURO_COLAB and GITDcom groups within the Madrid 2025 Science Week, with the aim of bringing neuroscience closer to society through design, education and communication.
During the session, high school students explored how physical space influences attention, emotion and learning processes. Through participatory dynamics, they identified elements of their school environment that could be improved, such as light, colour or furniture layout, and proposed redesigns based on principles of neuroarchitecture and neuroeducation.
The workshop encouraged a critical and creative look at learning environments, highlighting how small modifications can enhance concentration, well-being and motivation.
"Understanding how spaces communicate with the brain is key to improving the educational experience and mental health," said Ivette Caldelas, UDIT researcher and co-author of the activity.
The Neuro-Entornos cycle was developed with three complementary sessions. After the inaugural workshop "Neuro-environments: Redesign your space to think and learn better", "Deciding in the digital fog: Ethical communication in neurodegenerative diseases" was held (7 November), coordinated by the GITDcom group, and soon "Styles that leave their mark: How architecture affects our brain" (14 November), by NEURO_COLAB.
All three activities offer an interdisciplinary look at the links between neuroscience, communication, education and design, fostering dialogue between science and society.
These activities reinforce UDIT's commitment to knowledge transfer and scientific dissemination, integrating advances in applied neuroscience in real contexts of learning, communication and design.
The Neuro-Environments cycle shows how interdisciplinary research can contribute to designing healthier, more inclusive and sustainable environments for the brain, connecting science, creativity and well-being.
With this cycle, UDIT promotes a collective reflection on how to educate, communicate and design for a healthy brain.
The NEURO_COLAB group will continue to develop new initiatives to bring neuroarchitecture, neuroeducation and neurocommunication to different audiences, promoting a culture of wellbeing based on scientific evidence.
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