Culture and Mentally Refreshing Landscapes (10-27-23)
Hung and associates evaluated mentally refreshing spaces, those that are cognitively restorative. They report that “Two populations, one in Taiwan and one in Sweden, were experimentally compared by showing them photos of restorative landscapes from each country. The results showed that restorativeness was affected more by photos of the restorative landscape in Sweden than in Taiwan. The results showed that restorativeness in terms of psychological and physiological responses was affected.