Neuroscience and architecture: Modulating behavior through sensorimotor responses to the built environment

Djebbara, Zakaria; Jensen, Ole B.; Parada, Francisco J.; Gramann, Klaus

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104715

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“…Some researchers argue that affordance perception is an automatic process due to its fast and effortless nature (Tucker & Ellis, 1998; Goslin, Dixon, Fischer, Cangelosi, & Ellis, 2012; Bonner & Epstein, 2017; Harel, Nador, Bonner, & Epstein, 2022), whereas others suggest that it is not automated but rather highly contextualized and can be influenced by biases and expectations (Tipper, Paul, & Hayes, 2006; Girardi, Lindemann, & Bekkering, 2010; Pellicano, Iani, Borghi, Rubichi, & Nicoletti, 2010; Kalénine, Wamain, Decroix, & Coello, 2016; Wokke, Knot, Fouad, & Ridderinkhof, 2016; Mustile, Giocondo, Caligiore, Borghi, & Kourtis, 2021). However, a synthesis perspective proposes that affordance automaticity should be understood as a dynamic process that changes over time, whereby affordance perception may initially occur automatically but is later modulated by higher-level cognitive processes (Borghi & Riggio, 2015; Kourtis, Vandemaele, & Vingerhoets, 2018; Gastelum, 2020; Djebbara et al, 2022). The question of whether affordance perception is an automated process or not may thus depend on the specific context and temporal scale being considered.…”

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Human Brain Dynamics Dissociate Early Perceptual and Late Motor-Related Stages of Affordance Processing

Wang,

Djebbara,

de Oliveira

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Affordances, the opportunity for action offered by the environment to an agent, are vital for meaningful behavior and exist in every interaction with the environment. There is an ongoing debate in the field about whether the perception of affordances is an automated process. Some studies suggest that affordance perception is an automated process that is independent from the visual context and bodily interaction with the environment, while others argue that it is modulated by the visual and motor context in which affordances are perceived. The present paper aims to resolve this debate by examining affordance automaticity from the perspective of sensorimotor time windows. We replicated a previous study on affordance perception in which participants actively moved through doors of different width in immersive 3D virtual environments. To investigate the impact of different forms of bodily interactions with an environment, i.e., the movement context (physical vs. joystick movement), we used the identical virtual environment from Djebbara and colleagues (2019) but displayed it on a 2D screen with participants moving through different wide doors using the keys on a standard keyboard. We compared components of the event-related potential (ERP) from the continuously recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) that were previously reported to be related to affordance perception of architectural transitions (passable and impassable doors). Comparing early sensory and later motor-related ERPs, our study replicated ERPs reflecting early affordance perception but found differences in later motor-related components. These results indicate a shift from automated perception of affordances during early sensorimotor time windows to movement context dependence of affordance perception at later stages suggesting that affordance perception is a dynamic and flexible process that changes over sensorimotor stages.

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Human Brain Dynamics Dissociate Early Perceptual and Late Motor-Related Stages of Affordance Processing

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“…They recorded data by a motor-priming Mobile Brain/body imaging experiment integrated with VR and the experimental procedure. This experiment included two separate experimental phases in which subjects experienced virtual immersion in rooms with different door widths (Djebbara et al, 2022). Their methodology to conduct their experimental task and record data supports the advantage of employing Mobile Brain/body imaging approach to record EEG of participants while they really walk through the rooms in VR compared to the use of fMRI and VR.…”

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Exploring Methodological Approaches of Experimental Studies in the Field of Neuroarchitecture: A Systematic Review

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Behzadi

Yazdanfar

et al. 2023

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Objectives: This systematic review aims to strengthen the relationship between architecture and neuroscience by classifying data measurement techniques in the field of neuroarchitecture with a focus on the most practical and common methodological approaches. It classifies data recording techniques in different architectural categories (e.g., interior, urban, built environment). Backgrounds: With regard to urban life developments and technological breakthroughs, studies of human interactions with environments have been expanding in recent years. Additionally, recent advances in neuroscience have allowed architects to find out more about human experiences in built environments, but there are few valid frameworks about what methodologies and instruments are more common to conduct experimental tasks in this interdisciplinary field. Methods: Twenty-eight experimental studies were selected based on the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses literature search extension (PRISMA) systematic review protocol and a comprehensive analysis. The task-space of selected articles was categorized into three subfields, namely, “interior design,” “urban design,” and “building design” based on environments and their stimuli. As for this context-based categorization, recording techniques and methodology were distinguished for each subfield division. Results: More than 50% of the studies were incorporated in the first two categories, and the EEG recording was the most frequently employed neuroimaging technique thanks to the technical efficacy of its setup and the high temporal resolution of its electrophysiological signals. Conclusion: In this study, a summary of techniques and methodological approaches applied in the field is provided in a nut shell, and a general framework of instruments is presented to help scholars to carry out more practical research in the future leading to designing built environments more efficiently.

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“…Several studies demonstrated that static architectural features modulate cerebral regions devoted to emotion perception (13)(14)(15), and that the motor system is involved in processing affordable architectural transitions (16,17). From a theoretical point of view, Djebbara et al provided a psychobiological framework describing the role of the pulvinar in integrating sensory processes, further affecting the higher visual cortex and the related cortico-cortical connections leading to sensorimotor responses integrating environmental features with attention and behavior (18). In addition, Jelic et al proposed the enactive approach to studying architectural experience, emphasizing the motor system's role and motivational factors as constituents of the bodyarchitecture interactions (19).…”

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Architectural experience influences the processing of others’ body expressions

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Galasso

Ruzzon

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The interplay between space and cognition is a crucial issue in Neuroscience leading to the development of multiple research fields. However, the relationship between architectural space, the movement of the inhabitants and their interactions has been too often neglected, failing to provide a unifying view of architecture's capacity to modulate social cognition broadly. We bridge this gap by requesting participants to judge avatars' emotional expression (high vs. low arousal) at the end of their promenade inside high- or low-arousing architectures. Stimuli were presented in virtual reality to ensure a dynamic, naturalistic experience. High-density EEG was recorded to assess the neural responses to the avatar's presentation. Observing highly aroused avatars increased Late Positive Potentials (LPP), in line with previous evidence. Strikingly, 250 ms before the occurrence of the LPP, P200 amplitude increased due to the experience of low-arousing architectures paralleling increased subjective arousal reports and fixation times on the avatar's head. Source localization highlighted a contribution of the right dorsal premotor cortex to both P200 and LPP. In conclusion, the immersive and dynamic architectural experience modulates human social cognition. In addition, the motor system plays a role in processing architecture and body expressions proving how the space and social cognition interplay is rooted in common neural substrates. This study demonstrates that the manipulation of mere architectural space is sufficient to influence human behavior in social interactions.

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Neuroscience and architecture: Modulating behavior through sensorimotor responses to the built environment

Cited by 30 publications

References 141 publications

Human Brain Dynamics Dissociate Early Perceptual and Late Motor-Related Stages of Affordance Processing

Human Brain Dynamics Dissociate Early Perceptual and Late Motor-Related Stages of Affordance Processing

Exploring Methodological Approaches of Experimental Studies in the Field of Neuroarchitecture: A Systematic Review

Architectural experience influences the processing of others’ body expressions

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