Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "awe"
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Awe-Inducing Interior Space: Architectural Causes and Cognitive Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-27)The purpose of the present work was to investigate whether religious monumental architecture facilitates religious feeling by inducing a sense of awe. In order to elucidate how church interiors elicit awe and otherwise ... -
Investigating positive and threat-based awe in natural and built environments
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-17)Staggeringly immense or beautiful awe-inspiring structures, such as religious monumental architecture, have long been important to human culture and society. With the emerging psychological literature on awe, a nascent ...