ND-0184 · 2025 · Other
Brain Dynamics during Architectural Experience: Prefrontal and Hippocampal Regions Track Aesthetics and Spatial Complexity
Gregorians, Patai, Fernández Velasco et al. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience. 2025.
doi.org/10.1162/jocn.a.104 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Ventromedial prefrontal activity rose in pleasant spaces and parahippocampal activity rose in complex layouts.
Design questions and applications
Treat layout complexity and pleasantness as separate decisions.
Field
Architecture in the brain
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card gregorians-2025-brain-dynamics) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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Mechanism
Spatial variable
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