ND-0270 · 2013 · Other
Viewing Nature Scenes Positively Affects Recovery of Autonomic Function Following Acute-Mental Stress
Brown, Barton, Gladwell. Environmental Science & Technology. 2013.
doi.org/10.1021/es305019p · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
After a stressor, heart rate variability recovered better while viewing nature scenes than while viewing built scenes.
Design questions and applications
Provide nature scenes where people recover from stress.
Field
Biophilic interiors and virtual nature
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card brown-2013-autonomic) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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