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New methods for assessing the fascinating nature of nature experiences KU Leuven
In recent years, numerous environmental psychology studies have demonstrated that contact with nature as opposed to urban settings can improve an individual’s mood, can lead to increased levels of vitality, and can offer an opportunity to recover from stress. According to Attention Restoration Theory (ART) the restorative potential of natural environments is situated in the fact that nature can replenish depleted attentional resources. This ...
Architecture, Ethical Perception, and Educating for Moral Responsibility KU Leuven
This paper explores elements of architecture's influence on moral responsibility and educating for responsible agency. It does so by forging relevant connections among architecture, an Aristotelian account of ethical perception, and child education. The Aristotelian account underpins our proposal that architecture's embodied values have a significant impact on responsibility's agency requirement, thereby opening the doors to architecture's ...
An exploration of the functions of religious monumental architecture from a Darwinian perspective KU Leuven
In recent years, the cognitive science of religion has displayed a keen interest in religions’ social function, bolstering research on religious prosociality and cooperativeness. The main objective of this article is to explore, from a Darwinian perspective, the biological and psychological mechanisms through which religious monumental architecture (RMA) might support that specific function. A frequently held view is that monumental architecture ...