Isabella Bower

Research Fellow
Adelaide University

Adelaide, SA

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Biography

Dr Isabella Bower is an emerging leader in environmental cognitive neuroscience. Her research explores whether we can improve brain functioning and mental health through built environment design. Isabella received her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in architecture from Deakin University and the University of Melbourne, Australia. After completing a PhD in psychology from Deakin University, she was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the University of South Australia. Most recently, her contributions have been recognised through the Emerging Researcher Award from the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and as a finalist of the NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award.

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Academic paper

2019

Impact of built environment design on emotion measured via neurophysiological correlates and subjective indicators: A systematic review
Academic paper

2022

Enlarged interior built environment scale modulates high frequency EEG oscillations
Academic paper

2022

Built environment color modulates autonomic and EEG indices of emotional response
Academic paper

2022

Functional brain connectivity during exposure to the scale and color of interior built environments
Academic paper

2023

How do our environments affect our minds?
Media article

2022

Your home, office or uni affects your mood and how you think. How do we know? We looked into people’s brains