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Neuroarchitecture: Innovations in the Human-Environment Relationship Through Sensors and Sensing Technologies

A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Sensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1734

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Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Diseño Industrial, Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Puerto Real, Spain
Interests: neuroarchitecture; virtual reality

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Instituto Universitario de Investigación en Tecnología Centrada en el Ser Humano (HUMAN-Tech), Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera, s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Interests: neuroarchitecture; kansei engineering

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Neuroarchitecture has recently gained prominence. In the last two decades, it has advanced from propositional studies to experimental studies in the laboratory. Today, neuroarchitecture allows in-depth research into the effect of the environment on human beings. Such is its potential that published articles are multiplying, and every year more and more academic journals include research of this type. However, efforts are still fragmented. There is a long way to go before neuroarchitecture can be massively, exhaustively, and rigorously applied to the professional sector of architecture and urban planning. Thus, in order to ensure clarity and precision in implementation, it is essential to comprehensively address a variety of objectives and methodologies. This is precisely the aim of this Special Issue: to encourage the exchange of work focused on solving the main challenges currently facing neuroarchitecture.

Potential topics include the following:

  • Methodological frameworks for experimental studies.
  • Design guidelines obtained from experimentation.
  • Discussions on the use of neurophysiological recordings.
  • Validations of neurophysiological recording devices.
  • Simultaneous use of neurophysiological recordings and virtual reality.
  • Innovative applications in the use of sensors and sensing technologies.

Dr. Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo
Dr. Carmen Llinares
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • neuroarchitecture
  • science-based architecture
  • emotional architecture
  • built environment
  • methodologies for neuroarchitecture
  • experimentation in neuroarchitecture
  • virtual reality
  • biometric data
  • neurophysiological recordings
  • sensing technologies

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Brain and Subjective Responses to Indoor Environments Related to Concentration and Creativity
by Ze-Yu Wang, Ji Young Cho and Yi-Kyung Hong
Sensors 2024, 24(23), 7838; https://doi.org/10.3390/s24237838 - 8 Dec 2024
Cited by 1 | Viewed by 775
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Electroencephalograms (EEGs) can be used to study the influence of environmental elements on human emotions, cognition, and behavior. EEGs can reveal unconscious responses and fill in the gaps left by subjective responses provided in survey questionnaires or interviews. EEG research on the impact [...] Read more.
Electroencephalograms (EEGs) can be used to study the influence of environmental elements on human emotions, cognition, and behavior. EEGs can reveal unconscious responses and fill in the gaps left by subjective responses provided in survey questionnaires or interviews. EEG research on the impact of classroom design elements on concentration and creativity is scarce; the design elements studied have not been diverse enough. In addition, no researchers have examined the brain and subjective responses to multiple indoor environmental elements regarding concentration and creativity. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore how the human brain responds to different indoor environmental elements as shown by objective EEG signals related to concentration and creativity, and their similarities and differences to subjective self-reported responses. The experimental stimuli included 16 images combining four indoor environmental elements—classroom space shape, furniture arrangement, ceiling height, and color—along with images of white walls, a full-window wall with a view of nature, and a windowless scenario, totaling 19 images. The brainwaves of 20 people collected from eight channels were analyzed to determine the concentration index (CI) for concentration and relative theta (RT) for creativity. As a subjective response, participants were asked to choose the stimuli in which they felt they could best concentrate and be most creative in a self-report format. The results showed the following tendencies: (a) More brainwaves in the parietal and occipital lobes than in the prefrontal or frontal lobes; (b) a higher CI with rectilinear shapes, traditional frontal furniture arrangements, and red walls; (c) a higher RT with curvilinear shapes, collaborative furniture arrangements, white walls, and a full view of nature; and (d) participants selected white walls and a front-facing furniture layout as supportive of concentration and a full view of nature, curvilinear shape, and collaborative furniture layout for creative thinking. The results showed that similarities in brain and subjective responses were related to furniture layout and shape, whereas differences existed in color. This study contributes to the understanding of the characteristics of indoor environments that appear to enhance the manifestation of concentration and creativity. Full article
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