ArticleJournal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2020
Sitting or Walking? Analyzing the Neural Emotional Indicators of Urban Green Space Behavior with Mobile EEG.
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- The Effect of Physical Activity Interventions Carried Out in Outdoor Natural Blue and Green Spaces on Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Cities and neuroscience research: A systematic literature review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- A mobile EEG study on the psychophysiological effects of walking and crowding in indoor and outdoor urban environments.Scientific reports · 2022Trial
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- An evaluation of the impact of visual attributes of park landscape spaces on the emotional benefits and behavioral intention of younger older adults.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mapping the Digital Mind: A Meta-Analysis of EEG Biomarkers in Cognition, Emotion, and Mental Health.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- How virtual urban green spaces influence stress and risk-taking.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Green urban environments enhance brain-to-brain synchrony.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- From Neural Networks to Emotional Networks: A Systematic Review of EEG-Based Emotion Recognition in Cognitive Neuroscience and Real-World Applications.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- Research on healing-oriented street design based on quantitative emotional electroencephalography and eye-tracking technology.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
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- Interactions with Nature, Good for the Mind and Body: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Methodology and Experimental Protocol for Studying Learning and Motor Control in Neuromuscular Structures in Pilates.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Mobile cognition: imaging the human brain in the 'real world'.Nature reviews. Neuroscience · 2023Review
- Green Physical Activity Indicator: Health, Physical Activity and Spending Time Outdoors Related to Residents Preference for Greenery.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Electroencephalography-Based Neuroemotional Responses in Cognitively Normal and Cognitively Impaired Elderly by Watching theInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Physical Activity Behavior, Motivation and Active Commuting: Relationships with the Use of Green Spaces in Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Application of EMGB to Study Impacts of Public Green Space on Active Transport Behavior: Evidence from South Korea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Spaces Eliciting Negative and Positive Emotions in Shrinking Neighbourhoods: a Study in Seoul, South Korea, Using EEG (Electroencephalography).Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- Electroencephalography (EEG)-Based Neural Emotional Response to Flower Arrangements (FAs) on Normal Elderly (NE) and Cognitively Impaired Elderly (CIE).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
There is a close relationship between urban green space and the physical and mental health of individuals. Most previous studies have discussed the impact of the structure of green space and its elements. This study focused on the emotional changes caused by common behaviors in urban green space (walking and sitting). We recruited 40 college students and randomly assigned them to walking and sitting groups (20 students per group). The two groups performed the same 8-min high-pressure learning task indoors and then performed 8-min recovery activities in a simulated urban green space (a bamboo-lawn space). We used the Emotiv EPOC+ EEG headset to dynamically measure six neural emotional parameters: "engagement," "valence," "meditation," "frustration," "focus," and "excitement." We conducted a pretest and posttest and used analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to analyze the posttest data (with the pretest data as covariates). The results of the comparison of the two behaviors showed that the "valence" and "meditation" values of the walking group were higher than those of the sitting group, which suggests that walking in urban green space is more favorable for stress reduction. The sitting group had a higher "focus" value than did the walking group, which suggests that sitting in urban green space is better for attention restoration. The results of this study can provide guidance for urban green space planning and design as well as health guidance for urban residents.
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