Effects of Four Psychological Primary Colors on GSR, Heart Rate and Respiration Rate

Jacobs, Keith W.; Hustmyer, Frank E.

doi:10.2466/pms.1974.38.3.763

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“…19 A similar study monitoring physiological variables showed greater increases in heart rate and respiratory rate with red and yellow than with blue and green. 20 We conclude that colour may be one of the reasons why patients prefer paintings depicting nature scenes, since these are often dominated by blue and green.…”

Section: Effects Of Colours On Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visual art in hospitals: case studies and review of the evidence

et al. 2010

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Summary In 2006 a Department of Health Working Group on Arts and Health reported that the arts have ‘a clear contribution to make and offer major opportunities in the delivery of better health, wellbeing and improved experience for patients, service users and staff alike’. In this review we examine the evidence underpinning this statement and evaluate the visual art of three of Scotland's newest hospitals: the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, the new Stobhill Hospital, and the new Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow. We conclude that art in hospitals is generally viewed positively by both patients and staff, but that the quality of the evidence is not uniformly high. Effects may be mediated by psychological responses to colour hue, brightness and saturation. Colours that elicit high levels of pleasure with low levels of arousal are most likely to induce a state of calm, while those causing displeasure and high levels of arousal may provoke anxiety. The fact that patients frequently express a preference for landscape and nature scenes is consistent with this observation and with evolutionary psychological theories which predict positive emotional responses to flourishing natural environments. Contrary to a view which may prevail among some contemporary artists, patients who are ill or stressed about their health may not always be comforted by abstract art, preferring the positive distraction and state of calm created by the blues and greens of landscape and nature scenes instead.

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Section: Effects Of Colours On Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Visual art in hospitals: case studies and review of the evidence

et al. 2010

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“…The secretion of melatonin is strongly associated with the circadian rhythm of core temperature. Concerning the nonvisual pathway, the literature has demonstrated the effect of light exposure on the autonomic nervous system (e.g., Jacobs and Hustmyer, 1974;Kobayashi and Sato, 1992;Jin et al, 2007), as well as the thermal regulation system (e.g., Scheer et al, 2005), showing the interaction of environmental light and the SCN in body temperature regulation. Since the pineal body is located near the hypothalamus, which regulates core temperature, reciprocal or one-sided afferent information may be incorporated into the body temperature regulation system, and the results suggest that afferent information via the nonvisual pathway on light exposure may play a significant role of reducing the autonomic control of core temperature.…”

Section: Effect Of Light Conditions On the Cizmentioning

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The Effect of Season and Light Intensity on the Core Interthreshold Zone

Kakitsuba

Mekjavic

Katsuura

2011

J Physiol Anthropol

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The hypothesis tested in the present study is a seasonal difference in the core interthreshold zone (CIZ), as we suggested in an earlier study that individual awareness of heat may change the CIZ due to thermoregulatory behavior. A series of human experiments were carried out in a climatic chamber in January and August of 2009 and January of 2010. The air temperature in the chamber was controlled at 20-24°C. Subjects wore a water-perfused suit that was perfused with 25°C water at a rate of 600 cc/min. They exercised on an ergometer at 50% of their maximum work rate for 10-15 min until their sweating rate increased and then remained seated without exercise until oxygen uptake increased. Subjects' rectal temperature and skin temperatures at four sites were monitored by thermistors. The sweating rate was measured at the forehead with a sweat rate monitor (SKD 4000, Skinos Co.). Oxygen uptake was monitored with a gas analyzer (Respiromonitor RM-300i, Minato Med. Science Co.). In the 2009 winter experiment, 5 male subjects were exposed to lighting of 36 cd/m 2 /1,050 lx, and in the 2009 summer and 2010 winter experiments, 10 male subjects were exposed to lighting of 18 cd/m2/510 lx. The results showed that the CIZ of 0.69Ϯ0. 29°C (nϭ22, data from 2005-2007 experiments) at 36 cd/m 2 and that of 0.37Ϯ0.17°C (nϭ10) at 18 cd/m 2 in summer were greater than the CIZ of 0.37Ϯ0.13°C (nϭ5) at 36 cd/m 2 and that of 0.18Ϯ0.17°C (nϭ10) at 18 cd/m 2 in winter, and thus demonstrated a seasonal difference in the CIZ as well as an effect of lighting conditions on the CIZ.

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“…Many studies e.g. 17,18 have shown that blue and green hues tend to elicit a state of relaxation, whereas yellow and red hues elicit more excitement. Consequently, it would be expected that the hue of the blue/green website would invoke a more relaxed response than the red website.…”

Section: Colourmentioning

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The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds

Cox

2008

Applied Acoustics

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Effects of Four Psychological Primary Colors on GSR, Heart Rate and Respiration Rate

Cited by 191 publications

References 9 publications

Visual art in hospitals: case studies and review of the evidence

Visual art in hospitals: case studies and review of the evidence

The Effect of Season and Light Intensity on the Core Interthreshold Zone

The effect of visual stimuli on the horribleness of awful sounds

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