کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
885898 912854 2008 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A plasma display window?—The shifting baseline problem in a technologically mediated natural world
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی روانشناسی روان شناسی کاربردی
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A plasma display window?—The shifting baseline problem in a technologically mediated natural world
چکیده انگلیسی

Humans will continue to adapt to an increasingly technological world. But are there costs to such adaptations in terms of human well being? Toward broaching this question, we investigated physiological effects of experiencing a HDTV quality real-time view of nature through a plasma display “window.” In an office setting, 90 participants (30 per group) were exposed either to (a) a glass window that afforded a view of a nature scene, (b) a plasma window that afforded a real-time HDTV view of essentially the same scene, or (c) a blank wall. Results showed that in terms of heart rate recovery from low-level stress the glass window was more restorative than a blank wall; in turn, a plasma window was no more restorative than a blank wall. Moreover, when participants spent more time looking at the glass window, their heart rate tended to decrease more rapidly; that was not the case with the plasma window. Discussion focuses on how the purported benefits of viewing nature may be attenuated by a digital medium.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Environmental Psychology - Volume 28, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 192–199
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