How Architecture Shapes Our Brain – Neuroscience & Architecture Panel | Talks 21

Talks 21 — The Karel Janeček Podcast · Jul 30, 2026 · 1h 27m

Can the room you're in right now be quietly changing your brain? An architect, a circadian rhythm expert, and a neuroscientist suggests that it can.

I sit down with three special guests who look at that question from different angles:

🎙️ Kristine Mun is a Los Angeles-based architect, researcher, and educator whose work bridges architecture, neuroscience, and computational design. She serves on the executive committee of the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture.

🎙️ Satchin Panda is a circadian rhythm expert whose research has helped advance our understanding of time-restricted eating and…