ArticleCognitive research: principles and implications2020
Resting-state posterior alpha power changes with prolonged exposure in a natural environment.
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- Nature in the Heart and Mind of the Beholder: Psycho-Emotional and EEG Differences in Perception of Virtual Nature Due to Gender.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Daily exposure to virtual nature reduces symptoms of anxiety in college students.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Measuring affect and complex working memory in natural and urban environments.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- The Differential Impact of Mystery in Nature on Attention: An Oculometric Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Exposure to environments that contain natural features can benefit mood, cognition, and physiological responses. Previous research proposed exposure to nature restores voluntary attention - attention that is directed towards a task through top down control. Voluntary attention is limited in capacity and depletes with use. Nature provides unique stimuli that do not require voluntary attention; therefore, the neural resources needed for attention to operate efficiently are theorized to restore when spending time in nature. Electroencephalography reflects changes in attention through fluctuations in power within specific frequencies. The current study (N = 29) measured changes in averaged resting state posterior alpha power before, during, and after a multiday nature exposure. Linear mixed-effects models revealed posterior alpha power was significantly lower during the nature exposure compared to pre-trip and post-trip testing, suggesting posterior alpha power may be a potential biomarker for differences related to exposure to natural and urban environments.
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