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Measuring affect and complex working memory in natural and urban environments
IntroductionResearch suggests that spending time in natural environments is associated with cognitive and affective benefits, while increased use of technology and time spent in urban environments are associated with depletion of cognitive resources and ...
Emily E. Scott +5 more
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Impacts of urban green infrastructure on attentional functioning: insights from an fMRI study
Multiple studies using various measures, technologies, and participant groups have found that exposure to urban green infrastructure can help alleviate the daily attentional fatigue that human experience.
Xiangrong Jiang +4 more
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Restoration and the City: The Role of Public Urban Squares
Over recent decades, the study of psychological restoration has attracted a considerable amount of interest within and without the boundaries of environmental psychology, with most of the work focused on analyzing restoration in natural contexts. However,
César San Juan +2 more
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Back to nature? Attention restoration theory and the restorative effects of nature contact in prison [PDF]
This paper considers the potential for elements of custodial environments to have a restorative effect on those who are incarcerated within them. Considering the applicability and practicality of using Attention Restoration Theory (ART) to frame experience in a custodial context, it interprets results of a survey of prisoners at a large medium-security
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Attention Restorative Theory and its potential use in fatigue management [PDF]
Kirshbaum, Marilyn +4 more
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Effects of Soundscape on the Environmental Restoration in Urban Natural Environments
Context: According to the attention restoration theory, directed attention is a limited physiological resource and is susceptible to fatigue by overuse. Natural environments are a healthy resource, which allows and promotes the restoration of individuals
Yuan Zhang, Jian Kang, Joe Kang
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Role of Restorativeness in Improving the Psychological Well-Being of University Students
Many university students experience high levels of study-related fatigue, hence, necessitating opportunities for restoration. They could potentially benefit from campus-based physical activities that provide them with effective restoration breaks and ...
Nurul Ain Nabilla Mohd Yusli +4 more
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Xinyi Dai, Shu Tang Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing, 210038, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xinyi Dai, Email emma2242020@126.comBackground: Research on the restorative environment has long ...
Dai X, Tang S
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This qualitative case study explores experiences of U.S. American undergraduate students who participated in a short-term study abroad program to the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The program focused on psychological perspectives of childhood
Keely Cline +2 more
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Does walking in nature restore directed attention?
Aims: Mental fatigue is commonly understood and experienced as mental exhaustion, irritability and foggy thinking. Research indicates mental fatigue is indicative of depleted directed attention resources.
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