The Architect's Brain: Neuroscience, Creativity, and Architecture

ISBN: 978-1-4051-9585-0

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288 pages

December 2009, Wiley-Blackwell

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Explores various moments of architectural thought over the last 500 years as a cognitive manifestation of philosophical, psychological, and physiological theory
Looks at architectural thought through the lens of the remarkable insights of contemporary neuroscience, particularly as they have advanced within the last decade
Demonstrates the neurological justification for some very timeless architectural ideas, from the multisensory nature of the architectural experience to the essential relationship of ambiguity and metaphor to creative thinking.