Five Minutes in Nature Enough (05-07-10)
The psychological benefits of nature experiences have been identified and clarified in scores of previous studies.
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.
If you’ve got company in the woods and you can only stay for a relatively short period, is it worth going on that hike?
Ecotherapy is a form of clinical psychology that focuses on “circles of mutual healing between the human mind and the natural world from which it evolved. "
There are a variety of noises in natural environments, and an increasing number of them are man made.
As Christopher Hawthorne recently described in the Los Angeles Times (January, 24, 2010), large digital screens in public spaces significantly change the experience of being in those built environments.
English, Wilson, and Keller-Olaman have investigated the role of place in the lives of women recovering from breast cancer.
Designers need to consider the holistic nature of place experiences.
For decades, environmental psychologists have been researching how noise (unwanted sound) indoors influences our mood and cognitive performance.
Dutch researchers have completed a research project that supports the findings of an assortment of other studies, all indicating that there are advantages to living near green spaces.