Engaging the brain: the impact of natural versus urban scenes using novel EEG methods in an experimental setting

Roe, Jenny; Aspinall, Peter; Mavros, Panagiotis; Coyne, Richard

doi:10.12988/es.2013.3109

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“…Studies have shown that students can represent the public on research involving visual stimuli [38]. The limited number of interviewed is in line with similar studies in the topic of VR application and EEG analysis [39,40]. The recruitment occurred within the Territorial, Urban and Environmental Planning course of the University of Florence and the sample included millennials that did not attend forestry science classes, in order not to affect preferences and perceptions of forests.…”

Section: Sample Recruitment and Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 54%

Neuroscience Application for the Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Services Related to Stress Relief in Forest

Sacchelli

Grilli

Capecchi

et al. 2020

Forests

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The paper presents an integrated methodology to assess psychological and physiological responses of people when exposed to forests, with the main objective of assessing the suitability of different stands for stress recovery on the basis of tree species and density. From the methodological viewpoint, the study applies both a Restoration Outcome Scale (ROS) questionnaire and a neuroscientific technique grounded on electro-encephalographic (EEG) measurement. Results show different outcomes for conifers and broadleaves as well as a statistical significance of density in the evaluation of an individual’s emotional state. A forest with a high density of conifers and low density of broadleaves seems to be the proper combination for stress recovery. The differences among psychological stated preferences and EEG trends highlights potential conflict among “needs” and “wants” of people in the topic of stress relief. Potential applications of the research for health care and territorial marketing operations are suggested.

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Section: Sample Recruitment and Interviewsmentioning

confidence: 54%

Neuroscience Application for the Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Services Related to Stress Relief in Forest

Sacchelli

Grilli

Capecchi

et al. 2020

Forests

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“…Laboratory data using a mobile electroencephalography (EEG) headset (Emotiv EPOC+; validated for both laboratory and outdoor settings [17,18]) showed outputs that corresponded with self-reported measures on attractiveness, willingness to visit, valence and arousal of static images of landscapes or urban scenes [19]. This study used data from the Affectiv Suite, Emotiv proprietary software, which analyzes EEG from distinct brain activity patterns and allocates a label defining an emotional parameter ('frustration', 'excitement', 'engagement', 'meditation', 'long term excitement').…”

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The Aging Urban Brain: Analyzing Outdoor Physical Activity Using the Emotiv Affectiv Suite in Older People

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Aspinall²,

Roe

et al. 2017

J Urban Health

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This research directly assesses older people's neural activation in response to a changing urban environment while walking, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). The study builds on previous research that shows changes in cortical activity while moving through different urban settings. The current study extends this methodology to explore previously unstudied outcomes in older people aged 65 years or more (n = 95). Participants were recruited to walk one of six scenarios pairing urban busy (a commercial street with traffic), urban quiet (a residential street) and urban green (a public park) spaces in a counterbalanced design, wearing a mobile Emotiv EEG headset to record real-time neural responses to place. Each walk lasted around 15 min and was undertaken at the pace of the participant. We report on the outputs for these responses derived from the Emotiv Affectiv Suite software, which creates emotional parameters ('excitement', 'frustration', 'engagement' and 'meditation') with a real-time value assigned to them. The six walking scenarios were compared using a form of high dimensional correlated component regression (CCR) on difference data, capturing the change between one setting and another. The results showed that levels of 'engagement' were higher in the urban green space compared to those of the urban busy and urban quiet spaces, whereas levels of 'excitement' were higher in the urban busy environment compared with those of the urban green space and quiet urban space. In both cases, this effect is shown regardless of the order of exposure to these different environments. These results suggest that

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“…This mechanism has been supported by previous work finding links between green space and biomarkers of stress. Two studies in Scotland found that viewing green areas, either as images or by walking through them, increased levels of meditation and decreased levels of arousal 45 46. Two other studies, both conducted in the UK, found that higher levels of green space were associated with decreased stress, measured by mean levels and diurnal patterns of cortisol, as well as self-reported stress, in residents of socioeconomically deprived neighbourhoods 47 48…”

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Access to green space, physical activity and mental health: a twin study

Cohen-Cline

Turkheimer

Duncan

2015

J Epidemiol Community Health

317

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Background Increasing global urbanisation has resulted in a greater proportion of the world’s population becoming exposed to risk factors unique to urban areas, and understanding these effects on public health is essential. The aim of this study was to examine the association between access to green space and mental health among adult twin pairs. Methods We used a multilevel random intercept model of same-sex twin pairs (4338 individuals) from the community-based University of Washington Twin Registry to analyse the association between access to green space, as measured by the Normalised Difference Vegetation Index and self-reported depression, stress, and anxiety. The main parameter of interest was the within-pair effect for identical (monozygotic, MZ) twins because it was not subject to confounding by genetic or shared childhood environment factors. Models were adjusted for income, physical activity, neighbourhood deprivation and population density. Results When treating twins as individuals and not as members of a twin pair, green space was significantly inversely associated with each mental health outcome. The association with depression remained significant in the within-pair MZ univariate and adjusted models; however, there was no within-pair MZ effect for stress or anxiety among the models adjusted for income and physical activity. Conclusions These results suggest that greater access to green space is associated with less depression, but provide less evidence for effects on stress or anxiety. Understanding the mechanisms linking neighbourhood characteristics to mental health has important public health implications. Future studies should combine twin designs and longitudinal data to strengthen causal inference.

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Engaging the brain: the impact of natural versus urban scenes using novel EEG methods in an experimental setting

Cited by 98 publications

References 11 publications

Neuroscience Application for the Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Services Related to Stress Relief in Forest

Neuroscience Application for the Analysis of Cultural Ecosystem Services Related to Stress Relief in Forest

The Aging Urban Brain: Analyzing Outdoor Physical Activity Using the Emotiv Affectiv Suite in Older People

Access to green space, physical activity and mental health: a twin study

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