article_snippet: An international study, led by Dr Vartanian scanned the brains of volunteers while the brains of volunteers looked at images of 200 rooms, half of which had high ceilings.
article_snippet: Participants indicated whether each image was beautiful or not while in the fMRI scanner and the experts found that people were more likely to find spaces with high ceilings attractive, than those with low ceilings.
article_snippet: Studying levels of brain activity, Participants also discovered heightened activity triggered by high ceilings in two areas of the brain associated with visual exploration – the left precuneus and left middle frontal gyrus.
article_snippet: Scientists studied volunteers' reactions to rooms with high and low ceilings using an fMRI scanner and found that airy rooms activated areas of the brain associated with visual exploration, while more enclosed spaces (stock image is shown) did not catch people's attention and stimulate people senses .
article_snippet: But because the fMRI results didn’t show any difference in brain regions linked to pleasure or emotion, the study, published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, hints that high ceilings don’t instantly put people in a good mood.
article_snippet: Interestingly, enclosed rooms were more likely to ‘elicit exit decisions’ and activity in brain regions such as the anterior mid cingulate cortex, suggested enclosed spaces might trigger an emotional response.
article_snippet: Studying levels of brain activity, theydiscovered heightened activity triggered by high ceilings in two areas of the brain associated with visual exploration – the left precuneus (marked in red on this stock image) and left middle frontal gyrus .
highlights_snippet: Airy environment stimulated two areas of the brain, fMRI scanner showed .
  