Neuro-Vastu Compass: A Cognitive-Spatial Mapping Framework for Neuroaesthetic Principles Across Directional Space

Abstract - This paper proposes an exploratory cognitive-spatial mapping framework aligning neuroaesthetic principles of perceptual experience with the directional archetypes encoded in Vastu Shastra. Drawing upon V.S. Ramachandran’s eight proposed laws of artistic experience, the present work introduces a ninth integrative principle—Integrative Coherence—corresponding to the Brahmasthana (central organizing void) in traditional architectural planning. The resulting “Neuro-Vastu Compass” maps perceptual heuristics such as contrast sensitivity, peak shift exaggeration, grouping, symmetry bias, metaphor processing, and attentional isolation onto the eight directional zones and the central axis. This model is presented as a methodological and interpretive heuristic rather than a causal or metaphysical claim, offering a structured vocabulary for directional aesthetics, architectural cognition, and perceptual completion research.This technical note introduces an exploratory neuroaesthetic–architectural mapping framework aligning Ramachandran’s laws of artistic experience with Vastu directional archetypes, with future applications in cognitive spatial design and perceptual reconstruction.