Publication:
The embodiment of architectural experience: a methodological perspective on neuro-architecture

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorWang, Sheng
dc.contributor.authorDjebbara, Zakaria
dc.contributor.authorGramann, Klaus
dc.contributor.authorSanches de Oliveira, Guilherme
dc.contributor.departmentFilosofía
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-23T13:12:08Z
dc.date.available2026-02-23T13:12:08Z
dc.date.copyright© 2022 Frontiers Media SA. All rights reserved.
dc.date.issued2022-05-09
dc.description.abstractPeople spend a large portion of their time inside built environments. Research in neuro-architecture—the neural basis of human perception of and interaction with the surrounding architecture—promises to advance our understanding of the cognitive processes underlying this common human experience and also to inspire evidence-based architectural design principles. This paper examines the current state of the field and offers a path for moving closer to fulfilling this promise. The paper is structured in three sections, beginning with an introduction to neuro-architecture, outlining its main objectives and giving an overview of experimental research in the field. Afterward, two methodological limitations attending current brain-imaging architectural research are discussed: the first concerns the limited focus of the research, which is often restricted to the aesthetic dimension of architectural experience; the second concerns practical limitations imposed by the typical experimental tools and methods, which often require participants to remain stationary and prevent naturalistic interaction with architectural surroundings. Next, we propose that the theoretical basis of ecological psychology provides a framework for addressing these limitations and motivates emphasizing the role of embodied exploration in architectural experience, which encompasses but is not limited to aesthetic contemplation. In this section, some basic concepts within ecological psychology and their convergences with architecture are described. Lastly, we introduce Mobile Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI) as one emerging brain imaging approach with the potential to improve the ecological validity of neuro-architecture research. Accordingly, we suggest that combining theoretical and conceptual resources from ecological psychology with state-of-the-art neuroscience methods (Mobile Brain/Body Imaging) is a promising way to bring neuro-architecture closer to accomplishing its scientific and practical goals.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format.extent11
dc.identifier.citationWang, S., Sanches de Oliveira, G., Djebbara, Z., and Gramann, K. (2022) The Embodiment of Architectural Experience: A Methodological Perspective on Neuro-Architecture. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: Cognitive Neuroscience. DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.833528
dc.identifier.doihttps://10.3389/fnhum.2022.833528
dc.identifier.eissn1662-5161
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/210862
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.relationSin financiación externa a la Universidad
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2022.833528/full
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectEcological psychology
dc.subjectNeuro-architecture
dc.subjectMobile brain/body imaging (MoBI)
dc.subjectMethodology
dc.subjectAesthetics & ergonomics
dc.subjectEcological Validity
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 3: Salud
dc.titleThe embodiment of architectural experience: a methodological perspective on neuro-architecture
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dspace.entity.typePublicationes
relation.isAuthorOfPublication60f0aa5a-7048-4323-a66d-a29676e28baa
relation.isAuthorOfPublication.latestForDiscovery60f0aa5a-7048-4323-a66d-a29676e28baa
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
2022 - Wang et al - The Embodiment of Architectural Experience.pdf
Size:
611.71 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.37 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Artículos