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Insights from a LinkedIn post on neuroscience and architecture (2024)
Knowledge has long been primarily shared through lectures, books, and articles. Today, knowledge is shared and gathered largely through social media. This is surely not true for fields. However, from one of my LinkedIn posts, it’s clear that the interdisciplinary field of neuroscience and architecture has a vibrant social media profile. Over 2 days, the…
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[Danish] Debat: Sådan går vi fra arkitektens mavefornemmelse til videnskabelig evidens (2023)
Det ligger i arkitektens natur at gå undersøgende til værks. Men uden en omfattende forståelse af de vidtrækkende implikationer af deres design risikerer arkitekter at bidrage til nedsat mentalt velvære. Det er afgørende for fremtiden at anerkende manglen på evidens for at arkitekter kan skabe rum, der bevarer planeten og fremmer mental helbred, skriver Zakaria…
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Contemplative neuroaesthetics and architecture: A sensorimotor exploration (2023)
Djebbara, Z., King, J., Ebadi, A., Nakamura, Y., & Bermudez, J. (2023). Contemplative neuroaesthetics and architecture: A sensorimotor exploration. Frontiers of Architectural Research. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2023.10.005 A link to the full paper, right here! Abstract. This paper takes initial steps towards developing a theoretical framework of contemplative neuroaesthetics through sensorimotor dynamics. We first argue that this new…
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On Natural Attunement: Shared Rhythms Between the Brain and the Environment (2023)
Charalambous, E., & Djebbara, Z. (2023). On Natural Attunement: Shared Rhythms Between the Brain and the Environment. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 155(105438). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105438 Abstract. Rhythms exist both in the embodied brain and the built environment. Becoming attuned to the rhythms of the environment, such as repetitive columns, can greatly affect perception. Here, we explore how…
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Naturalistic paradigms: Rich behaviors and environmental features (2023)
Find a copy here! In this new Commentary paper, I share my thoughts on Maselli et al.’s paper “Beyond simple laboratory studies” and suggest that we need more (and richer) ways to quantify the relationship between organism and environment. Cognition and behavior are the adapted results of environmental perturbations, which we today are (almost) in…
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Neurophenomenology X Sacred Architecture Symposium (2023)
Thanks to Julio Bermudez for organizing a fantastic symposium earlier this year. It was a pleasure to give two talks (Empirical results and Methods) to a group of highly intellectual researchers. Find more about the symposium and the recordings below: https://www.building-spiritual-understanding.net/symposium https://www.youtube.com/@juliobermudez6823
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Human Brain Dynamics Dissociate Early Perceptual and Late Motor-Related Stages of Affordance Processing (2023)
Wang S, Djebbara Z, de Oliveira GS, Gramann K. Human Brain Dynamics Dissociate Early Perceptual and Late Motor-Related Stages of Affordance Processing. BioRxiv 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.07.556516. Find the preprint for free here. Abstract. Affordances, the opportunity for action offered by the environment to an agent, are vital for meaningful behavior and exist in every interaction with…
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Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA) 2023
We had a wonderful time at this year’s Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (ANFA). The progress is seriously fast with tons of young researchers in the making. Dylan Chau Huynh presented a few of his ongoing projects on working memory and architecture, and Lars Brorson Fich on the new results from the lab on stress, biophilia, and architecture. Also very…
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5th International Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Conference
Into naturalistic paradigms and neuroimaging? The 5th International MoBi Conference will take place in beautiful Piran, Slovenia, June 2-5 2024! There will be data analysis workshops and various mobile body and neuroimaging presentations! Sign up here: MoBi2024
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Affordances and curvature preference: The case of real objects and spaces (2023)
Djebbara, Z. and Kalantari, S. (2023) ‘Affordances and curvature preference: The case of real objects and spaces’, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, n/a(n/a). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15038. Open access right here: https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nyas.15038 Abstract Chuquichambi and colleagues recently questioned the prevailing belief that a universal human visual preference exists for curved shapes and lines. Their…