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When brains meet buildings
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- Book Synopsis
- After decades of research on minds and brains and a decade of conversations with architects, Michael Arbib presents When Brains Meet Buildings as an invitation to the science behind architecture, richly illustrated with buildings both famous and domestic. As he converses with the reader, he presents action-oriented perception, memory, and imagination as well as atmosphere, aesthetics, and emotion as keys to analyzing the experience and design of architecture. He also explores what it might mean for buildings to have "brains" and illuminates all this with an appreciation of the biological and cultural evolution that supports the diverse modes of human living that we know today. These conversations will not only raise the level of interaction between architecture and neuroscience but, by explaining the world of each group to the other, will also engage all readers who share a fascination with both the brains within them and the buildings around them. Michael Arbib is a pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of computers and brains and has long studied brain mechanisms underlying the visual control of action. His expertise makes him a unique authority on the intersection of architecture and neuroscience.
- About The Author
- Michael A. Arbib University of California at San Diego, La Jolla Emeritus, University of Southern California
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780190060954
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (22 October 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 696
- Weight
- 1270 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 239 x 162 x 33.3 mm
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