Being in Nature Increases Energy Levels (06-03-10)
Natural settings increase a person’s energy levels – regardless of whether those settings are physically experienced, viewed in photographs, or imagined.
Natural settings increase a person’s energy levels – regardless of whether those settings are physically experienced, viewed in photographs, or imagined.
Huibers and his colleagues investigated the influences of meteorological conditions such as temperature, sunshine, and rain on seasonal variations in depression and sad feelings among a sample population living in the Netherlands.
Jaffe comprehensively reviews the psychological benefits of exposure to natural environments.
The psychological benefits of nature experiences have been identified and clarified in scores of previous studies.
Garst and his colleagues have investigated Americans forest camping experiences today, and compared them with those of Americans forest camping in the 1960s and 1970s.
Kathy Hathorn, the CEO of American Art Resources, discusses some of the recent research conducted by her firm in an interview with Richard Peck.
In this article, we will look at the impact of the “characterless walls,” as they define the patient space and how nature elements mitigate some of the generic, impersonal features common to institutional care. This article was published in 2010.
By varying the tempo and mode of short music clips, Hunter and his colleagues were able to confirm earlier research on human emotional responses to these attributes of music.
Two articles review good design for residential care facilities.
Views of fast food and related symbols have an influence on our approach to the world around us, regardless of where we are.