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Virtual Worlds as Restorative Environments

open access: yes, 2017
The overpopulation of our planet creates pressures, not only upon natural and human-created environments, but also upon human well-being. Responding to the Australian government’s focus upon education as a means for improved health, well-being and economic competitiveness, schools and universities strive to embed environmental sustainability and ...
Jones, Janice K.   +2 more
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From restorative environments to restoration in work

Intelligent Buildings International, 2020
This is an illustrative review on studies revealing the restorative, that is, stress-reducing, effects of natural settings. We focus on the effects of viewing or being physically active in the natural setting and the effects of indoor plants and window views on restoration and recovery.
Kalevi Korpela   +2 more
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A Qualitative Study on University Students’ Restorative Experience of the Library Space Environment

open access: yesBuildings
Currently, university students are facing high levels of stress and negativity. Creating a campus learning environment that promotes students’ physical and mental health and well-being has become a key focus of current research.
Xiaoyun Song, Xue Meng
exaly   +2 more sources

The Effect of Virtual-Reality-Based Restorative Environments on Creativity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
This study, based on the theory of restorative environmental, uses virtual reality (VR) technology to construct interactive restorative environments and discusses the influence of the experience of virtual restorative environment on individual creativity.
Hongqidi Li, Yue Li
exaly   +2 more sources

Restorative environments

2012
AbstractRestorative environment research is flourishing. Widespread appreciation of the concept has been spurred by two influential theories and has led to a substantive body of research. This chapter gives an overview of what has happened in this area.
van den Berg, A.E., Joye, Y.
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The monastery as a restorative environment

Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2005
Abstract This study of the restorative benefits of a retreat experience at a Benedictine monastery was based on questionnaire responses by 521 visitors. Factor analysis of the reasons for coming yielded a four-factor solution that both supports and extends the Attention Restoration Theory (ART) model on which the study was based.
Ouellette, P.   +2 more
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Restorative Effects of Exercise in Virtual Environments

Proceedings of the 9th Augmented Human International Conference, 2018
Development of virtual reality devices cannot consider effects of exercise experiences by virtual environments. In this paper, we compared exercise experience by 3 environments (Indoor, Virtual urban, Virtual nature), focusing on restorative effects. We conducted the experiment that rode a bicycle while watching 360 degrees video in each environment ...
Taekyu Kim, Sangwon Lee 0009
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Restorative Environments and Health

2016
The vast majority of people live in urbanized areas. These offer numerous advantages, such as access to a great variety of entertainment and cultural events, services such as educational and medical centers, and opportunities for mixing with different kinds of people in lively public places.
Silvia Collado   +3 more
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