The architect's brain : neuroscience, creativity, and architecture - Mallgrave, Harry Francis (Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
Introduction -- Historical essays -- The humanist brain : Alberti, Vitruvius, and Leonardo -- The enlightened brain : Perrault, Laugier, and Le Roy -- The sensational brain : Burke, Price, and Knight -- The transcendental brain : Kant and Schopenhauer -- The animate brain : Schinkel, B$1'Xi(Bticher, and Semper -- The empathetic brain : Vischer, W$1'Xo(Bfflin, and G$1'Xo(Bler -- The gestalt brain : the dynamics of the sensory field -- The neurological brain : Hayek, Hebb, and Neutra -- The phenomenal brain : Merleau-Ponty, Rasmussen, and Pallasmaa -- Neuroscience and architecture -- Anatomy : architecture of the brain -- Ambiguity : architecture of vision -- Metaphor : architecture of embodiment -- Hapticity : architecture of the senses -- Epilogue: The architect's brain.s
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Cognitive neuroscience; Architects; Architecture and philosophy; Architecture and science; Creative ability