Nour Tawil

LIFE Fellow from 2020 to 2024, MPI for Human Development

Dissertation defended at Freie Universität Berlin in October 2024

Angularity Versus Curvature in Interior Design: Effects on Aesthetic Preference, Stress Response, and Approach-Avoidance Tendencies

(Advisor: Simone Kühn)

Selected Publications

Tawil, N., Elias, J., Ascone, L., & Kühn, S. (2024). The curvature effect: Approach-avoidance tendencies in response to interior design stimuli. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, Article 102197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102197

Tawil, N., Ascone, L., & Kühn, S. (2022). The contour effect: Differences in the aesthetic preference and stress response to photo-realistic images of living environments. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 933344. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.933344

Tawil, N., Sztuka, I. M., Pohlmann, K., Sudimac, S., & Kühn, S. (2021). The living space: Psychological well-being and mental health in response to virtual interior architecture in a free exploration paradigm. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), Article 12510. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312510