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Biophilia Aesthetics. Ungrounding Experience
AisthesisThe biophilia hypothesis refers to the idea of an innate human tendency towards life and its manifestations. The article takes its cue from the debate on biophilia to investigate how evolved psychobiological constraints structure human experience. First,
Gregorio Tenti
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Elements of Biophilic Design Increase Visual Attention in Preschoolers
Buildings, 2023 Biophilic design increases attention among adults, but little is known about the influence of biophilic design on attention in childhood. We assessed visual attention in 4–5-year-old children as a function of high and low degrees of biophilic design.
Roberta Fadda +3 more
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HortScienceBiodiversity loss is accelerating globally, yet individual differences in attraction and aversion to biodiversity remain poorly understood. The Biophilia Reactivity Hypothesis (BRH) proposes that attraction to biodiversity is not a universal human ...
Vanessa Woods +3 more
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Eco-psychotherapy for the Revitalization of Psyche: Eco-psychological Reading of Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones [PDF]
مطالعات بینرشتهای ادبیات، هنر و علوم انسانیThe deep tragedy, that the environmental damages and mental problems have caused for human, led to the development of an interdisciplinary approach -ecopsychology- which is the integration of ecology and psychology to examine above all biophilia and its ...
Narges Raoufzadeh +2 more
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Can Suboptimal Visual Environments Negatively Affect Children’s Cognitive Development?
Challenges, 2021 There are indications that children born during the period of COVID-19 lockdown have cognitive development issues, without having been affected by the virus. We discuss here the idea that environmental deprivation—and, especially, the lack of appropriate
Alexandros A. Lavdas +1 more
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Responsible biophilia for zoonosis prevention through a cultural lens
Frontiers in Conservation ScienceHuman affinity for nature (“biophilia”) brings substantial health and ecological benefits and fosters environmental stewardship. However, close human-nature interactions can lead to conservation challenges and increase the risk of zoonoses.
Hongying Li
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The influences of biophilic design on mental health in coworking space
ARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik ArsitekturIn the contemporary urban landscape, the design of co-working space holds significant implication for mental health well-being. Biophilia has contributed to creating built environment within the sense of nature which it can affect the human mental health
Zulfaqar Zamri, Hakimi Ahmad
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Biophilia as the Main Design Question in Architectural Design Studio Teaching
Megaron, 2018 The reflection of biophilia, a concept coming from the disciplines of psychology and philosophy, in architecture emphasizes the connection between a building and nature as the main input of architectural design.
Kutlu Sevinç Kayıhan +2 more
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Urgent Biophilia: Human-Nature Interactions and Biological Attractions in Disaster Resilience
Ecology and Society, 2012 This contribution builds upon contemporary work on principles of biological attraction as well as earlier work on biophilia while synthesizing literatures on restorative environments, community-based ecological restoration, and both community and social ...
Keith G. Tidball
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Biophilic design features in vernacular architecture and settlements of the Naxi
Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2020 As a newly formed concept, “Biophilic design” is attracting a growing attention among both practitioners and academics. However, the link between biophilic design and vernacular architecture has yet to be thoroughly explored, especially in the context of
Mengbi Li, Hing-Wah Chau, Lu Aye
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