A quasi-experimental study was conducted with the affective priming technique in 62 students of psychology of a Mexican public university in order to determine if this paradigm is able to detect differences in emotional valence using related words to the natural and urban environments, when these are presented as congruent and incongruent primings to the target words. The findings suggest that exist two groups within the same sample by the kind of response to the positive priming of the nature, but it did not show the difference of the city assessment. It also shows an unexpected evaluation to the negative priminig of the city. Possible explanations to the phenomenon are discussed and the findings are compared with others researchers reports. Key Words:Natural Environments, Urban Environments, Affective Priming, Emotional Valence RESUMENSe realizó un estudio cuasi experimental con la técnica de facilitación afectiva en 62 estudiantes de psicología de una universidad pública mexicana, con la finalidad de determinar si este paradigma es capaz de detectar diferencias en la valencia emocional de palabras relacionadas a ambientes naturales y urbanos, cuando son presentados como facilitadores congruentes e incongruentes con las palabras objetivos. Los resultados sugieren que existen dos grupos dentro de la misma muestra por el tipo de respuesta que expresan hacia los facilitadores positivos de naturaleza, pero no mostraron diferencia al evaluar los de ciudad. Asimismo, se encontró una evaluación inesperada a los facilitadores negativos de ciudad. Se discuten posibles explicaciones a este fenómeno, así también se comparan estos resultados con lo reportado por otros investigadores.
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