Color, Light, and Rhythm in Healing Architecture: Toward an African Neuroaesthetics

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This paper explores light and rhythmic structure in psychodesigned spaces. By analyzing 12 clinics and community centers, it finds that rhythmic chromatic transitions and axial lighting (based on Singini symmetry) reduce anxiety and dissociation symptoms among patients. The authors define “Neuroaesthetic Synchrony” — the alignment of sensory geometry with emotional tempo — as a clinical design principle.
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