Editorial: Extended mind for the design of human environment
Massimo Angrilli, Marcello Costantini, Alessandro Crociata, Francesca Ferri, Luciana Mastrolonardo, Pier Luigi Sacco
Frontiers in Built Environment February 24, 2026 DOI: 10.3389/fbuil.2026.1808524 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
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| Key findings | The editors propose an overarching conceptual architecture for the twenty-one contributions in this collection, organizing them by the dimensions along which the extended mind paradigm intersects with the design of human environments, starting with a cluster on the theoretical and conceptual foundations linking extended and embodied cognition to the built environment. |
Abstract
remarkably diverse and yet surprisingly coherent, spanning theoretical frameworks, empirical investigations, computational models, and design proposals across four continents. In what follows, we offer a reading of the twenty-one contributions that compose this collection, organizing them into an overarching conceptual architecture that reflects the multiple dimensions along which the extended mind paradigm intersects with the design of human environments. A first cluster of contributions addresses the theoretical and conceptual foundations linking extended and embodied cognition to the built environment.