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Now On YouTube: Why Your Eyes Ignore Modern Buildings !

Posted on March 7, 2026 by Genetics of Design

Research by the Human Architecture + Planning Institute (theHapi.org) is featured in this latest video by the Aesthetic City – check it out; It reveals how our biology impacts our design experience more than most realize, and how recognizing that … Continue reading →

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How do People Respond to Nature in the Suburbs? Take part in this Biometric Study + Help us find out!

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Genetics of Design

How do people visually experience ‘pocket forests‘? Tufts University’s Urban Attitudes Lab invites adults (18+) to join a short online study comparing visual responses to pocket forests in built environments. Laptop/desktop with webcam required; more info: http://sites.tufts.edu/forests ?s, email: pocket.forest.devens@gmail.com

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This Eye-Tracking pilot-study is now out for analysis;

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Genetics of Design

Building Study #11 – we hope to have results out soon! These studies, sponsored by theHapi.org, look at how humans really look at buildings, using state-of-the-art eye-tracking and facial-expression-analysis software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric tools for human behavioral research. … Continue reading →

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Aiming for a Happy-2025 Holiday? Pick up the HAPI-Course Bundled!

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Genetics of Design

Just in time for the Holidays, we’re again offering a package deal on the HAPI Certification course, all 7-classes bundled for $99! What is it? Seven half-hour presentations bridging the arts + sciences, revealing how biology and psychology shape our experience … Continue reading →

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International Book Launch for the Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment happened – Friday, November 21, 11 AM ET, 17:00 CET

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Genetics of Design

The online Book Launch for theRoutledge International Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment just took place! A YouTube recording of the 1-hour event is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EwQkmb82KE This session, moderated by Michael Mehaffy, includes brief talks by contributing authors of … Continue reading →

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This Just In – The Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment is Out!

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Genetics of Design

We’re thrilled to announce the publication of the Handbook of Neuroscience and the Built Environment this month: Edited by Board Members of theHapi.org, the Handbook reflects our game-changing times in the 21st-century, where new understandings in the life sciences, prove … Continue reading →

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How do People take in Buildings? Take part in these brief Eye-Tracking Studies to help us find out!

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Genetics of Design

Anyone with a laptop or PC with webcam, can participate; on a Mac, link to them from Google Chrome or Firefox (and it’s best to do so in a quiet space with minimal distraction.) These studies, sponsored by theHapi.org, look … Continue reading →

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See How Where People Look – at First Glance – Matters; in both Architecture + Advertising!

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Genetics of Design

How do we take in our world? Like the animals we are, of course; that’s what 3M Visual Attention Software (VAS), reveals quickly. Developed by 3M vision scientists in 2011, VAS became a Plug-in for Photoshop in 2020, and we … Continue reading →

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How do People really Look at Buildings? this Eye-tracking Building-Study, #10, is out for analysis

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Genetics of Design

This 2025 eye-tracking study (#10) is out for analysis. Sponsored by theHapi.org, the study looks at how humans really look at buildings, using state-of-the-art eye-tracking and facial-expression-analysis software from iMotions.com, a global purveyor of biometric tools for human behavioral research. theHapi.org … Continue reading →

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AIA 2025 Expo, June 5 + 6: An Enthusiastic, Energetic Idea Exchange!

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Genetics of Design

This year’s AIA Conference drew an international crowd to Boston’s Convention Center. Our nonprofit, the Human Architecture + Planning Institute (theHapi.org) was thrilled to be part of it; sharing a booth at the expo with iMotions, a global purveyor of … Continue reading →

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