Environmental preference and restoration: (How) are they related?

Joy and Calm: How an Evolutionary Functional Model of Affect Regulation Informs Positive Emotions in Nature

“…This system is focused on restoration and affiliation and can be compared to a mindful 'being', rather than 'doing' mode -and feeling more 'connected' (Gilbert, 2014) Beyond Ulrich (1983), a search of the literature that considered terms including natural environment, positive affect, affect regulation and neurophysiology, found few papers that considered the neurophysiology of emotion and models of affect regulation within the context of the natural environment. For example, Van den Berg, Koole and Wulp (2003) consider cognitive (e.g. Kaplan, 1995) and affective (e.g.…”

Transcendent Experiences in Wild and Manicured Settings: The Influence of the Trait “Connectedness to Nature”

“…Yet, little research has explicitly studied wild or unmanaged natural environments (Kaplan & Kaplan, 1989;Maguire & Nebel, 2003;Martens, Gutscher & Bauer, 2011; Van den Berg, Koole & Van der Wulp, 2003) and even less has compared these with manicured natural environments (Hartig and Evans, 1993; Van den Berg, Koole, 2006& Van der Wulp, 2003. Those which have similarly focus on emotional and cognitive outcomes.…”

“…Cognition is also found to be positively affected by non-threatening manicured environments. For instance, participants tend to favor manicured over complex natural environments for recovery from mental fatigue (Herzog & Rector, 2010;Korpella, Hartig, Kaiser, & Fuhrer, 2001; Van den Berg Koole & van der Wulp, 2003;Hartig & Staats, 2006;Herzog & Rector, 2010). Moreover, specific manicured environmental features such as compatibility, legibility and coherence are all found to positively and significantly predict cognitive restoration (Herzog, Maguire & Nebel, 2003).…”

Trends in research related to “Shinrin-yoku” (taking in the forest atmosphere or forest bathing) in Japan

“…Although the aim of our review was to focus on research that has been carried out in Japan or is currently being carried out, an increasing number of studies are now emerging in various countries [52][53][54][55][56][57][58]. Thus far, these have been mostly psychological investigations; however, some of them refer to the importance of physiological investigations.…”