Framework measures how built and ecological environments influence health-related outcomes, suggesting new measurement approaches.
Version 2.0 renames the framework from 'Sensorial Performance' (v1.0, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20993533) to 'Sensorial Choice.' The old name pointed at an effect on people we cannot yet measure; the new one names what the instrument actually reads -- the range of health-relevant conditions a place offers. The instrument, its six channels, and the validation plan are unchanged. The places people live measurably affect sleep, cardiovascular function, cognition, and stress; that much is well established. The open problem is resolution: a person's biology is now measured in fine detail (wearables, biobanks), while their environment is still assigned at neighborhood-to-city scale, which blurs it. The Sensorial Choice Score characterizes a single property's environment across six channels (five evidence-mapped: Air, Light, Noise, Thermal, Nature; plus a candidate Microbiome channel) at the resolution of the dwelling itself, so it can be paired over time with the same occupant's biology. The environmental half already operates; the human pairing is a pre-registered within-person (n-of-1) program that has not yet run. This paper reports no health outcomes.
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