How Natural Materials Affect Our Perception Of the Built Environment

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Iryna DemianiukFollow

Document Type

Poster

Language

English

Date

Summer 2020

Keywords

neuroarchitecture, environmental psychology, natural materials, designenvironmental stimuli

Description/Abstract

Our daily life is shaped by the emotions we feel, and our emotions are highly dependent on the environment we live in. Those connections have been developing through the whole history of humankind, starting with the feeling of shelter near bonfires in caves. Today, we can discover neural responses to environmental conditions and even certain materials around us. Those findings have allowed architects and neuroscientists to work more closely together, and, through that collaboration, the new field of neuroarchitecture appeared. This relatively young discipline explores the way our brain responds to the environmental stimuli we are facing, and how different elements of space influence our emotions, thoughts, and behavior.

Disciplines

Architecture | Cognitive Psychology | Environmental Design | Neuroscience and Neurobiology | Place and Environment

Funder(s)

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State

Funding ID

S-ECAGD-20-CA-0009

Recommended Citation

Demianiuk, Iryna, "How Natural Materials Affect Our Perception Of the Built Environment" (2020). International Programs. 51.
https://surface.syr.edu/eli/51

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Additional Information

This work has been created with support from the Institute of International Education (IIE)/Fulbright - English for Graduate Students Program.

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