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Neuroscienze per l’architettura

  • Thomas D. Albright

Discusses the Indian design treatise the Vaastu Veda in relation to visual neuroscience. Relates visual perception in architecture to functional organisation of the brain. Relates Hubel and Weisel’s orientation sensitivity to the sense of order and pleasure imparted by the regularity of colonnades and cable stay bridges. Suggests aspects of perception facilitated by neuronal architecture and the dynamic between familiarity and novelty, plasticity and visual attunement.

  • Keywords:
  • Vaastu Veda,
  • orientation sensitivity,
  • sense of order,
  • neuronal architecture,
  • visual attun-ement,
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Thomas D. Albright

Salk Institute of Biological Sciences, United States - ORCID: 0000-0003-0691-5992

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Chapter Information

Chapter Title

Neuroscienze per l’architettura

Authors

Thomas D. Albright

Language

Italian

DOI

10.36253/978-88-5518-286-7.12

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2021

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Book Title

La mente in architettura

Book Subtitle

Neuroscienze, incarnazione e il futuro del design

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Sarah Robinson, Juhani Pallasmaa, Matteo Zambelli

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Number of Pages

240

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2021

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© 2021 Firenze University Press

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Firenze University Press

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Ricerche. Architettura, Pianificazione, Paesaggio, Design

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2975-0342

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2975-0350

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