Although there is a large potential overlap between neuroscience and architecture, the studies bridging these fields are rare and newly emerging. Moreover, a gap is observed between the constructs, terminologies and research methods of architecture and neuroscience. In order to alleviate these problems, this study investigates main research themes and developments in spatial cognition research over the past two decades on the basis of the author keywords of published articles. Vosviewer© bibliometric analysis software was utilized to conduct keyword co-occurrence analysis, keyword clustering, and timeline analysis of keywords and current research on spatial cognition is discussed accordingly. The paper also reviews existing research at the intersection of neuroscience and architecture and comments on how this nexus could evolve in the future. It is concluded that embodied spatial cognition and affordances of architectural design provide a robust framework to guide further studies in this track.

尽管神经科学和建筑学之间存在很大的潜在重叠，但连接这些领域的研究很少见，而且是新兴的。此外，在建筑学和神经科学的结构、术语和研究方法之间观察到了差距。为了缓解这些问题，本研究根据已发表文章的作者关键词，调查了过去二十年空间认知研究的主要研究主题和发展。利用Vosviewer©文献计量分析软件进行关键词共现分析、关键词聚类、关键词时间线分析，对空间认知的研究现状进行了相应的讨论。该论文还回顾了神经科学和建筑交叉领域的现有研究，并评论了这种联系在未来如何发展。