There’s been a growing awareness for quite some time now that rooms are, in fact, about a lot more than how they look. Feelings — you know, the real life, human kind — have crept up on us, becoming just as relevant to our interiors as the likes of color, form, texture, material, and layout. It’s called neuroaesthetics. Sitting at the intersection of neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, design, architecture, and aesthetics, it’s the study of the physical impact that aesthetic stimuli such as beauty, design, and art have on the body and brain.
We’re moving past spatial perception being the domain of the eyes alone — all of our senses can contribute to measurable brain activity, which occurs when we interact with a space, revealing how our surroundings truly shape the way we feel.
