Dr Jay L Davies

My research explores how the environments we inhabit shape human behaviour, health and wellbeing. I am particularly interested in how natural compared to urban environments, and the significant variation within these two categories, influence our cognition, emotional states, and social interactions.

Through controlled laboratory experiments, online behavioural studies, or more naturalistic paradigms, I take a multimodal approach to measuring behaviour and experience, combining physiological, behavioural, and self-report measures to capture the complexity of human responses to environments. Drawing from psychology, empirical aesthetics, and neuroscience, my research aims to generate evidence that could inform the design of environments that support psychological and social wellbeing.