TY - GEN
T1 - Are all types of natural environments created equal? A comparison of different elements in nature for improving restoration in work environments
AU - Neilson, Brittany
AU - Nguyen, Theresa
AU - Bukowski, Alex
AU - Klein, Martina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2017 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Prior research suggested images that feature aquatic elements were perceived to be more restorative. Specifically, images with a larger proportion of aquatic elements compared to greenery elements were more restorative than images that contained just greenery elements. This idea has been referred to as the "dose effect" of water. However, related work was not able to extend these results, leading to questions about the validity of the effect. The current study was conducted to determine whether we could replicate the "dose effect" using the same images as previous researchers and whether we could generalize the "dose effect" to a unique set of images. Our results indicated that we were unable to replicate the "dose effect" using the same images utilized in prior research, and we were also unable to generalize it to a unique set of images.
AB - Prior research suggested images that feature aquatic elements were perceived to be more restorative. Specifically, images with a larger proportion of aquatic elements compared to greenery elements were more restorative than images that contained just greenery elements. This idea has been referred to as the "dose effect" of water. However, related work was not able to extend these results, leading to questions about the validity of the effect. The current study was conducted to determine whether we could replicate the "dose effect" using the same images as previous researchers and whether we could generalize the "dose effect" to a unique set of images. Our results indicated that we were unable to replicate the "dose effect" using the same images utilized in prior research, and we were also unable to generalize it to a unique set of images.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931213601793
DO - 10.1177/1541931213601793
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85042504419
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 1247
EP - 1251
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017
PB - Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017
Y2 - 9 October 2017 through 13 October 2017
ER -