ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................ ix
INTRODUCTION: SURVIVAL THROUGH DESIGN ........................... 1
Sarah Robinson
1 "KNOW THYSELF": OR WHAT DESIGNERS CAN LEARN FROM THE
CONTEMPORARY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ............................. 9
Harry Francis Mailgrave
2 THE EMBODIED MEANING OF ARCHITECTURE ........................ 33
Mark L. Johnson
3 BODY, MIND, AND IMAGINATION: THE MENTAL ESSENCE OF
ARCHITECTURE ................................................ 51
Juhani Pallasmaa
4 TOWARD A NEUROSCIENCE OF THE DESIGN PROCESS ................. 75
Michael Arbib
5 TENDING TO THE WORLD ........................................ 99
Iain McGilchrist
6 ARCHITECTURE AND NEUROSCIENCE: A DOUBLE HELIX .............. 123
John Paul Eberhard
7 NESTED BODIES .............................................. 137
Sarah Robinson
8 EMBODIED SIMULATION, AESTHETICS, AND ARCHITECTURE:
AN EXPERIMENTAL AESTHETIC APPROACH ......................... 161
Vittorlo Gallese and Alessandro Gattara
9 FROM INTUITION TO IMMERSION: ARCHITECTURE AND
NEUROSCIENCE ............................................... 181
Melissa Farting
10 NEUROSCIENCE FOR ARCHITECTURE .............................. 197
Thomas D. Albright
11 MOOD AND MEANING IN ARCHITECTURE ........................... 219
Alberto Pérez-Gómez
CONTRIBUTORS .................................................. 237
FIGURE CREDITS ................................................ 241
INDEX ......................................................... 245
|