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Advanced Biomaterials for Restorative Dentistry: From Biocompatibility to Bioactive and Smart Materials. [PDF]

open access: yesBioengineering (Basel)
Albu MC   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
openaire   +3 more sources

Exposure to restorative environments helps restore attentional capacity

Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2005
Three experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that exposure to restorative environments facilitates recovery from mental fatigue. To this end, participants were first mentally fatigued by performing a sustained attention test; then they viewed photographs of restorative environments, nonrestorative environments or geometrical patterns; and ...
Rita Berto
exaly   +2 more sources

Art museum as restorative environments?

open access: yes, 2013
Theories on restorative environments (Hartig, 2004), such as Attention Restoratyion Theory (ART; Kaplan and Kaplan, 1989) identify four environmental properties which promote restoration: being away, fascination, extent and compatibility. Can art museums with the art collection hosted respond to these general properties of environmental settings ...
MASTANDREA, STEFANO   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Restorative Environments in Later Life

Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 2006
This study proposes an analysis of restorative experiences of 192 elderly persons living in Rome. Perceived restorativeness of natural and built environments was examined, considering the influence of the social context of restoration and the activities performed in the environment. Restorativeness emerges as a consequence of complex person-environment
Massimiliano Scopelliti
exaly   +2 more sources

Virtual Restorative Environments

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 2012
Previous restorative environment (RE) research suggests that exposure of individuals to natural settings can reduce stress, improve feelings of well-being, and help individuals to recover from fatigue following intensive mental activities. This paper focuses on possible future opportunities for exploring Virtual Environments (VE) in the pursuit of ...
James F. Knight   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A measure of restorative quality in environments

The Housingory and Society, 1997
Restorative environments help renew psychological resources depleted in environments that do not fully support intended functions. The design of restorative environments can be aided and underlying theory elaborated with a means for measuring psychological factors thought to work in restorative experiences.
Terry Hartig   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

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