The Potential of Neuroarchitecture and 4E-Cognition: From Microbial
Dynamics to Active Environments and Back via Scalable Experimental
Designs
Abstract
Wang et al.’s (2024) article is relevant due to several reasons. The
obvious is previous work’s replication and expansion (Djebbara et al.,
2019, 2021) by exploring how different forms of movement
(walking/keyboard press) and environments (3D/2D) affect affordance
perception. Replication and expansion using diverse populations and
contexts is highly relevant to the still fledgling fields of Mobile
Brain/Body Imaging (MoBI) and Neuroarchitecture; it should be
facilitated and encouraged. Importantly, implementing a multi-article
scalable experimental design (SED) heuristic (Parada, 2018). Furthermore
-from our perspective- offers evidence supporting the 4E-Cognition
perspective on how natural, built, digital, and symbolic (NaBDS)
environments impact cognition. Even though we promote the 3E-Cognition
principles for applied neuroscience (e.g. neuroarchitecture) (Parada et
al., 2023), here we will nevertheless contextualize Wang et al.’s
findings within the broader perspective offered by 4E-Cognition (Figure
1). We will use each 4E principle as guiding lines.