This page serves as a consolidated catalogue of research outputs, conceptual case studies, and methodological documents developed in the Zubin Sagar Center for Neuroaesthetic Studies. The artefacts listed here represent interpretive research objects rather than clinical tools. They are presented as frameworks, exploratory studies, and reference materials that bridge music, biology, cognition, and symbolic systems.
Methodological Documents
A Constraint-Based Methodology for Musical Sonification of Genetic Sequences
This document presents a rule-guided framework for translating genetic sequence information into constrained musical structures using biologically informed reduction and interval-based mapping. The methodology emphasizes process, interpretive restraint, and human-guided musical decision-making.
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18417876
ORCID: 0009-0009-4483-8044
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18417876/files/Zubin_Sagar_2026_Constraint-Based_Methodology_Genetic_Sonification_v1.0.pdf?download=1
OSF: https://osf.io/h8xf6
Academia: https://www.academia.edu/164435637/
Constraint-Based Visual Encoding as a Complement to Genetic Sonification Protocols: A Hue-Class Dinucleotide Mapping Framework
This document presents an original, constraint-based methodology for visually encoding genetic motif structure through a reproducible dinucleotide-driven mapping framework. Designed as a complementary modality to a previously disclosed constraint-based genetic sonification protocol (Sagar, 2026), the present system translates reduced dinucleotide sequences into standardized hue-class motif plates.
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18520319
ORCID: 0009-0009-4483-8044
PDF:https://zenodo.org/records/18520319/files/Zubin_Sagar_2026_Constraint-Based_Visual_Encoding_Genetic_Sonification_Complement_v1.0.pdf?download=1
OSF: https://osf.io/rcp23
Academia:https://www.academia.edu/164586610/
Fasting Across Scriptural Traditions and Metabolic Timescales: A Multimodal Encoding Framework for Fasting-Responsive Genes
This document presents an interdisciplinary framework for exploring fasting-responsive genetic pathways through constrained multimodal translation. Building upon previously disclosed dinucleotide-based methodologies for genetic sonification and hue-class visual encoding (Sagar, 2026a; Sagar, 2026b), the present work situates fasting as both a conserved metabolic intervention and a cross-civilizational contemplative practice.
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18524598
ORCID: 0009-0009-4483-8044
PDF:https://zenodo.org/records/18524598/files/Zubin_Sagar_2026_Fasting_Across_Scriptural_Traditions_Metabolic_Timescales_v1.0.pdf?download=1
OSF:https://osf.io/x5npz
Academia: https://www.academia.edu/164587072/
Neuro-Vastu Compass: A Cognitive-Spatial Mapping Framework for Neuroaesthetic Principles Across Directional Space
This paper proposes an exploratory cognitive-spatial mapping framework aligning neuroaesthetic principles of perceptual experience 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.
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.18697314
ORCID: 0009-0009-4483-8044
PDF: https://zenodo.org/records/18697314/files/Zubin_Sagar_2026_Neuro-Vastu_Compass_Cognitive-Spatial_Mapping_Framework_v1.0.pdf?download=1
OSF: https://osf.io/z5vnp
Academia: https://www.academia.edu/164814616/
These papers are open-access methodological research documents archived via Zenodo DOI, direct repository PDF access provided below.
Research Case Studies
Polysynaptic Reflex Archestra – Applied DNA Sonifications in Nutrigenomics – A network-oriented research artefact examining distributed signaling, layered interaction, and emergent behavior through music-based systems inquiry.
Post-Mendelian – A conceptual research artefact exploring genetics, regulation, and biological patterning through music as a cognitive and aesthetic framework.
Genetic Soundbank – A research project investigating DNA sonification as a method for translating genetic sequence into structured musical environments.
Nakshatrascapes – A longitudinal, astrology-informed musical inquiry exploring cyclical perception, temporal mapping, and symbolic patterning.
Additional artefacts, methodological notes, and research outputs will be added to this catalogue as the body of work evolves.