dc.contributor.author	Wang, Sheng
dc.contributor.author	Sanches de Oliveira, Guilherme
dc.contributor.author	Djebbara, Zakaria
dc.contributor.author	Gramann, Klaus
dc.date.accessioned	2022-05-25T09:18:32Z
dc.date.available	2022-05-25T09:18:32Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05-09
dc.date.updated	2022-05-23T06:47:35Z
dc.description.abstract	People 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 article 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.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	DFG, 414044773, Open Access Publizieren 2021 - 2022 / Technische Universität Berlin	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1662-5161
dc.identifier.uri	https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/16988
dc.identifier.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-15767
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medizin und Gesundheit	de
dc.subject.other	neuro-architecture	en
dc.subject.other	ecological psychology	en
dc.subject.other	mobile brain/body imaging	en
dc.subject.other	methodology	en
dc.subject.other	aesthetics and ergonomics	en
dc.subject.other	ecological validity	en
dc.title	The Embodiment of Architectural Experience: A Methodological Perspective on Neuro-Architecture	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.version	publishedVersion	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber	833528	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi	10.3389/fnhum.2022.833528	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle	Frontiers in Human Neuroscience	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername	Frontiers	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublisherplace	Lausanne	en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume	16	en
tub.accessrights.dnb	free	en
tub.affiliation	Fak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme::Inst. Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft::FG Biopsychologie und Neuroergonomie	de
tub.affiliation.faculty	Fak. 5 Verkehrs- und Maschinensysteme	de
tub.affiliation.group	FG Biopsychologie und Neuroergonomie	de
tub.affiliation.institute	Inst. Psychologie und Arbeitswissenschaft	de
tub.publisher.universityorinstitution	Technische Universität Berlin	en

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