Taking a scientific approach to travel

NZ Herald Friday 31 March 2017  For years academics have gone to extremes in an effort to make science fun, but a team of Australian researchers are turning the tables in a bid to find the science in fun.

Professors from two Sydney universities have teamed up to develop a program to measure the enjoyment level travellers experience on their holidays.

“Neuro-Tourism” technology, which borrows from the intelligence you’d find in the diagnosis of epilepsy and sleep disorders, hopes to better equip holiday-makers to weigh up their trip by analysing its findings in conjunction with a traveller’s own interest.  Read more….