The benefits of nature experience: Improved affect and cognition
The benefits of nature experience: Improved affect and cognition
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DOI：
10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.005
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
9.1
通讯作者：
Gross, James J.
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作者：
Bratman, Gregory N.;Daily, Gretchen C.;Gross, James J.
本研究探讨了自然体验对情感和认知的影响。我们随机分配了60名参与者在加州的斯坦福大学及其周边的自然或城市环境中步行50分钟。在他们散步之前和之后，参与者完成了一系列情感和认知功能的心理评估。与城市步行相比，自然步行带来了情感上的好处（减少焦虑，沉思和消极情绪，并保留积极情绪）以及认知上的好处（增加工作记忆表现）。这项研究扩展了以前的研究，通过评估焦虑，反刍和工作记忆的复杂测量（操作跨度任务），证明了自然体验对情感和认知的额外好处。这些发现进一步加深了我们对相对短暂的自然体验对情感和认知的影响的理解，并有助于为未来研究这些影响的机制奠定基础。(C)2015 Elsevier B.V.版权所有。
This study investigated the impact of nature experience on affect and cognition. We randomly assigned sixty participants to a 50-min walk in either a natural or an urban environment in and around Stanford, California. Before and after their walk, participants completed a series of psychological assessments of affective and cognitive functioning. Compared to the urban walk, the nature walk resulted in affective benefits (decreased anxiety, rumination, and negative affect, and preservation of positive affect) as well as cognitive benefits (increased working memory performance). This study extends previous research by demonstrating additional benefits of nature experience on affect and cognition through assessments of anxiety, rumination, and a complex measure of working memory (operation span task). These findings further our understanding of the influence of relatively brief nature experiences on affect and cognition, and help to lay the foundation for future research on the mechanisms underlying these effects. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.