School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Institute of Engineering Research, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Sci Rep. 2023 Aug 14;13(1):13199. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-40408-x.
This study investigates the effects of natural exposure in an indoor environment on restorative quality and cognitive ability. Thirty participants were shown nature at three different indoor sites: baseline, indoor (some vegetation), and semi-indoor (a large amount of vegetation and view to sky) for five minutes. After viewing, they completed an assessment of restoration and a cognitive task, and their electroencephalography (EEG) was recorded. Compared to the baseline, the sites with nature resulted in restorative (higher perceived restoration scores) and cognitive (higher working memory performance and lower delta-to-theta ratio (DTR), delta-to-alpha ratio (DAR), theta-to-beta ratio (TBR), and alpha-to-beta ratio (ABR) responses) benefits. These findings further our understanding of the effects of exposure to nature on restorative and cognitive benefits in an indoor environment, and help to build guidance for future research on the effects of nature indoors and designing restorative- and cognitive-enhancing indoor spaces.
本研究调查了室内环境中自然暴露对恢复质量和认知能力的影响。三十名参与者在三个不同的室内地点（基线、室内（有一些植被）和半室内（有大量植被和可看天空））分别观看自然景观五 分钟。观看后，他们完成了恢复评估和认知任务，并记录了他们的脑电图（EEG）。与基线相比，有自然景观的地点可带来恢复效益（更高的感知恢复评分）和认知效益（更高的工作记忆表现，更低的 delta 到 theta 比（DTR）、delta 到 alpha 比（DAR）、theta 到 beta 比（TBR）和 alpha 到 beta 比（ABR）响应）。这些发现进一步加深了我们对暴露于自然环境对室内环境中恢复和认知效益的影响的理解，并有助于为未来关于室内自然环境影响和设计恢复和认知增强室内空间的研究提供指导。
