Where Are Landscape Designers' Spatial Abilities in the Brain? An fMRI Study

• 영문명: Where Are Landscape Designers' Spatial Abilities in the Brain? An fMRI Study
• 발행기관: 인간식물환경학회
• 저자명: Shih-Han Hung Chia-Yi Huang Tsung-Ren Huang Shih-An Tang Yu-Ping Tsai Chun-YenChang
• 간행물 정보: 『인간식물환경학회지(JPPE)』제26권 제5호, 455~467쪽, 전체 13쪽
• 주제분류: 자연과학 > 자연과학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2023.10.31

영문 초록

Background and objective: To effectively understand and communicate their work, landscape designers should possessexcellent spatial abilities. Neurological methods have confirmed that activation of the occipital lobe, parietal cortex, andprefrontal cortex affect the judgment of space; however, few studies have measured spatial abilities in landscape design. This study aimed to identify the potential role of various brain regions during spatial interpretation processes by landscapedesigners, particularly the effect of stimulating the frontal lobe on enhancing design capabilities. Methods: This study tested the spatial abilities of landscape designers when transforming a planar drawing into a sectionaldrawing and the brain regions activated in this process. The subjects were asked to identify the correct option whenmatching given section lines in a planar drawing. The correct answer rate and response time were used to score brainactivation during spatial task processes. A total of 16 valid subjects were divided into high- and low-accuracy groupsaccording to the correct answer rate. Results: The results for the high-accuracy group showed that the left inferior frontal gyrus was activated during spatialdesign tasks. In contrast, the findings for the low-accuracy group revealed that the left middle occipital gyrus was activatedfor processing visual information. Conclusion: The findings suggest that the frontal lobe plays a role in allowing landscape designers to make planar tocross-sectional inferences via mental rotations and categorical spatial relations. The findings offer implications forlandscape designers in stimulating the frontal lobe and enhancing their design capabilities.

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architectural design brain activation drawing(s) graphic design left frontal lobe