Exposure to restorative environments helps restore attentional capacity

被引:734
作者
Berto, R [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Padua, Dipartimento Psicol Gen, I-35131 Padua, Italy
关键词
restorative environments; directed attention;
D O I
10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.07.001
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
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 finally they performed the sustained attention test again. Only participants exposed to the restorative environments improved their performance on the final attention test, and this improvement occurred whether they viewed the scenes in the standardized time condition or in the self-paced time condition. Results are in agreement with Kaplan's [(1995). The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15, 169-182] attention restoration theory, and support the idea that restorative environments help maintain and restore the capacity to direct attention. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:249 / 259
页数:11
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