Frontiers of Architectural Research Pub Date : 2022-03-21 , DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2022.02.007 Navid Khaleghimoghaddam 1 , Havva Alkan Bala 2 , Güzin Özmen 3 , Şerefnur Öztürk 4
Environment psychologically affects individuals. According to the base of cognitive psychology, there is a direct relationship between human behavior, environment, and emotional process. Assuming that pleasantness and unpleasantness are associated with peripheral nervous system activation, the current study aims to explore if the pleasant or unpleasant architectural places can stimulate the brain regions engaged in emotions or not. As the main contribution, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measuring blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) changes to effectively detect the brain's region that mainly responds to the emotional-perceptual processes. Based on the results of examining the emotional assessment model of “Pleasure-Arousal” applied to 140 students, 30 most-rated images representing 15 pleasant and 15 unpleasant places were shown to 32 participants in a 1.5-T MRI scanner. After applying standard preprocessing steps (re-alignment, slice-timing, co-registration, segmentation, normalization, and smoothing) to functional MR images, first-level analysis was applied to each subject. The results were evaluated using statistical corrections at different levels for female and male participants with the second-level analysis. In conclusion, it has been shown that there is a significant linkage between environmental experience and brain activation so that the architectural qualities can change blood flow in specific brain regions.
中文翻译:
神经科学与建筑:通过功能性 MR 研究,大脑对建筑的情感体验有何影响?
环境在心理上会影响个人。根据认知心理学的基础,人类行为、环境和情绪过程之间存在直接关系。假设愉快和不愉快与周围神经系统的激活有关,目前的研究旨在探索愉快或不愉快的建筑场所是否能刺激大脑中的情绪区域。作为主要贡献,我们使用功能性磁共振成像 (fMRI) 测量血氧水平依赖性 (BOLD) 变化来有效检测主要响应情绪感知过程的大脑区域。基于对 140 名学生的“愉悦-唤醒”情绪评估模型的检验结果,在 1.5-T MRI 扫描仪中向 32 名参与者展示了代表 15 个令人愉快和 15 个不愉快的地方的 30 个评分最高的图像。在对功能性 MR 图像应用标准预处理步骤(重新对齐、切片定时、配准、分割、归一化和平滑)后,对每个受试者应用一级分析。使用二级分析对女性和男性参与者进行不同级别的统计校正来评估结果。总之,已经表明环境体验与大脑激活之间存在显着联系,因此建筑质量可以改变特定大脑区域的血流。和平滑)到功能性 MR 图像,对每个受试者应用一级分析。使用二级分析对女性和男性参与者进行不同级别的统计校正来评估结果。总之,已经表明环境体验与大脑激活之间存在显着联系,因此建筑质量可以改变特定大脑区域的血流。和平滑)到功能性 MR 图像,对每个受试者应用一级分析。使用二级分析对女性和男性参与者进行不同级别的统计校正来评估结果。总之,已经表明环境体验与大脑激活之间存在显着联系,因此建筑质量可以改变特定大脑区域的血流。