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ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE REVIEW
Volume 59, Issue 6, Pages 474-481Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2016.1221499
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Urban design; neuroscience; traditional neighbourhood design; environmental psychology
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There is a revolution underway in the interface between architecture and planning. Very recent research is enabling a novel understanding of the neuroscience behind how people perceive and experience the built environment. One such work, Cognitive Architecture: Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment (Sussman, Ann, and Justin B. Hollander. 2015. New York: Routledge), argues for a set of testable principles for architecture and planning practice. Its overall line of investigation is that certain design characteristics of the built environment can influence brain wave production. Specifically, the interest lies in whether the presence of features suggestive of Cognitive Architecture is associated with certain brain responses. This working paper presents the results of a pilot study into this question, discusses technical issues and limitations and provides suggestions for future research avenues.
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