The phantom chorus: birdsong boosts human well-being in protected areas
The phantom chorus: birdsong boosts human well-being in protected areas
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DOI：
10.1098/rspb.2020.1811
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发表时间：
2020-12-23
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4.7
通讯作者：
Francis, Clinton D.
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作者：
Ferraro, Danielle M.;Miller, Zachary D.;Francis, Clinton D.
在大自然中度过一段时间有利于人类健康和福祉，但关于生物多样性或对生物多样性的看法是否有助于这些益处的证据参差不齐。也许更重要的是，人们对人类感知生物多样性并从与自然的互动中获益的感官方式知之甚少。在这里，我们使用了一个“幻影鸟鸣合唱”包括隐藏的扬声器，以实验方式增加可听鸟鸣生物多样性在“开”和“关”（即环境条件）块上两条小径，研究听力的作用，在生物多样性的感知和自我报告的幸福之间的徒步旅行者。暴露于幻影合唱团的徒步旅行者报告的恢复效果水平较高，相比那些经历了环境条件的两条小径，然而，增加恢复效果直接与幻影合唱团的一条线索，间接与幻影合唱团的其他线索通过鸟类生物多样性的看法。我们的研究结果增加了越来越多的证据将心理健康与自然体验联系起来，并表明听力是自然环境赋予恢复效果的重要方式。最后，我们的研究结果表明，保持或改善保护区内的自然声景可能是最大限度地提高人类体验的重要组成部分。
Spending time in nature is known to benefit human health and well-being, but evidence is mixed as to whether biodiversity or perceptions of biodiversity contribute to these benefits. Perhaps more importantly, little is known about the sensory modalities by which humans perceive biodiversity and obtain benefits from their interactions with nature. Here, we used a 'phantom birdsong chorus' consisting of hidden speakers to experimentally increase audible birdsong biodiversity during 'on' and 'off' (i.e. ambient conditions) blocks on two trails to study the role of audition in biodiversity perception and self-reported well-being among hikers. Hikers exposed to the phantom chorus reported higher levels of restorative effects compared to those that experienced ambient conditions on both trails; however, increased restorative effects were directly linked to the phantom chorus on one trail and indirectly linked to the phantom chorus on the other trail through perceptions of avian biodiversity. Our findings add to a growing body of evidence linking mental health to nature experiences and suggest that audition is an important modality by which natural environments confer restorative effects. Finally, our results suggest that maintaining or improving natural soundscapes within protected areas may be an important component to maximizing human experiences.