Evidence that experiences of nature can benefit people has accumulated rapidly. Yet
perhaps because of the domination of the visual sense in humans, most research has …

From the increasing number of people living in urban areas to the continued degradation of
the natural environment, many of us appear to be physically and psychologically …

People spend considerable time within built environments. In this study, we tested two
hypotheses about the relationship between people and built environments. First, aesthetic …

A burgeoning interest in the intersection of neuroscience and architecture promises to offer
biologically inspired insights into the design of spaces. The goal of such interdisciplinary …

Many people have the intuition that interacting with natural environments benefits their
psychological health. But what has research actually demonstrated about the benefits of …

Environmental psychology has provided evidence for psychologically favorable effects of
exposure to natural settings, by means of controlled laboratory experiments as well as …

In the following experiments, we examined whether perceptions of naturalness in
architecture are linked to objective visual patterns, and we investigated how natural patterns …

Nature interactions have been demonstrated to produce reliable affective benefits. While
adults demonstrate strong preferences for natural environments over urban ones, it is not …

Recent studies have shown that the façade and light patterns in a space are an important
factor in the occupants' experience, but little is known about the generalizability of these …

Recent trends in social psychology point to increased interest in extending current theories
by better incorporating the body (eg, embodied cognition) and the broader interpersonal …