Journal
ENVIRONMENT AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 47, Issue 9, Pages 947-969Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0013916514533187
Keywords
sustained attention; nature; memory
Funding
- Ashford University Fellowship Program
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Can a brief exposure to nature at the end of a workday enhance sustained attention and long-term memory? Student advisors viewed a video of either a natural environment or a busy city street after work. Then they performed a tone-detection task that was intended to mimic a key feature of their job (being on the telephone). After the nature video, systolic blood pressure increased and response latencies remained stable across time. After the city video, systolic blood pressure remained unchanged from baseline, whereas response latencies increased over time. Self-reports of arousal and emotional state did not differ significantly between videos, whereas memory of the experimental setting was better after viewing the nature video. In sum, a brief contact with nature at the end of a workday may give an individual vigor to complete additional tasks but not improve his or her affect.
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