What part of the brain is involved in graphic design thinking in landscape architecture?
Journal
PLoS ONE
Journal Volume
16
Journal Issue
12
Date Issued
2021-12
Author(s)
Abstract
Graphic design thinking is a key skill for landscape architects, but little is known about the links between the design process and brain activity. Based on Goel’s frontal lobe lateralization hypothesis (FLLH), we used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan the brain activity of 24 designers engaging in four design processes—viewing, copy drawing, preliminary ideas, and refinement—during graphic design thinking. The captured scans produced evidence of dramatic differences between brain activity when copying an existing graphic and when engaging in graphic design thinking. The results confirm that designs involving more graphic design thinking exhibit significantly more activity in the left prefrontal cortex. These findings illuminate the design process and suggest the possibility of developing specific activities or exercises to promote graphic design thinking in landscape architecture. ? 2021 Tsai et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Subjects
article
brain function
drawing
exercise
functional magnetic resonance imaging
human
human experiment
prefrontal cortex
thinking
adult
brain
brain mapping
computer graphics
creativity
hemispheric dominance
male
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
physiology
procedures
young adult
Adult
Brain
Brain Mapping
Computer Graphics
Creativity
Functional Laterality
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Prefrontal Cortex
Thinking
Young Adult
SDGs
Type
journal article