Department of Experimental Psychology, University College of London
Co-director at the International Centre for NeuroArchitecture and NeuroDesign.
Durante el curso 2025-2026 nos visitó en el Máster Hugo Spiers, que dio a los estudiantes una masterclass sobre cómo trabajan en su laboratorio las respuestas cerebrales ante la complejidad del entramado arquitectónico/urbano y el componente estético del espacio construido. El trabajo del profesor Spiers es fundamental en el panorama actual de la Neuroarquitectura, en esta clase podrás conocer cómo hacen los estudios, qué neurotecnología utilizan, cómo hacen las métricas y qué resultados han obtenido hasta el día de la presentación.
Hugo Spiers is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, and a Vice Dean for Enterprise, at University College London (UCL). He has over 25 years of research experience in neuroscience and psychology studying how our brain recalls the past, navigates the present and imagines the future. He has published over 100 academic articles and received numerous awards including the Charles Darwin Award from the British Science Association and a James McDonnell Foundation Scholar Award. He is co-director of the International Centre for NeuroArchitecture and NeuroDesign, a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, a Lighthouse Fellow of the Centre for Conscious Design and the Vice Chair of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture in the UK. His research project Sea Hero Quest has tested over 4 million people in 195 nations on their navigation ability, providing a powerful benchmark for assessment in Alzheimer’s disease and global insight into cognition.