Does Watching Videos With Natural Scenery Restore Attentional Resources?

IF 1.1 4区心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental psychology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1027/1618-3169/a000578

Andree Hartanto, Nicole Lee Anne Teo, Verity Y Q Lua, Keith J Y Tay, Nicole R Y Chen, Nadyanna M Majeed

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Abstract

Existing studies have shown that direct exposure to a real nature environment has a restorative effect on attentional resources after a mentally fatiguing task. However, it remains unclear whether virtual nature simulations can serve as a substitute for real nature experienced in the outdoors to restore executive attention. Given the mixed findings in the literature, the present study sought to examine if viewing videos with natural scenery (vs. a control with urban scenery) restores participants' working memory capacity - measured by an operation span task - in a high-powered pre-registered within-subject experimental study. Overall, our within-subject experiment did not find any evidence to support the benefit of watching videos with natural scenery on restoration of executive attention. Moreover, the results from our Bayesian analyses further showed substantial support for the null hypothesis. Our study suggests that virtual nature simulations, even with the use of videos, may not be able to replicate the experiences of nature in the outdoors and restore attentional resources.

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看带有自然风景的视频能恢复注意力吗?

现有的研究表明，在完成一项精神疲劳的任务后，直接暴露在真实的自然环境中对注意力资源有恢复作用。然而，目前尚不清楚的是，虚拟自然模拟是否可以作为在户外体验的真实自然的替代品，以恢复高管的注意力。考虑到文献中不同的发现，本研究试图检验观看自然风景的视频(对照城市风景的对照)是否能恢复参与者的工作记忆能力——通过操作跨度任务来衡量——在一个高功率的预先注册的实验研究中。总的来说，我们的受试者内实验没有发现任何证据支持观看带有自然风景的视频对执行注意力恢复的好处。此外，我们的贝叶斯分析结果进一步显示了对零假设的大量支持。我们的研究表明，即使使用视频，虚拟自然模拟也可能无法复制户外的自然体验并恢复注意力资源。

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Experimental psychology PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL-

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2.00

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： As its name implies, Experimental Psychology (ISSN 1618-3169) publishes innovative, original, high-quality experimental research in psychology — quickly! It aims to provide a particularly fast outlet for such research, relying heavily on electronic exchange of information which begins with the electronic submission of manuscripts, and continues throughout the entire review and production process. The scope of the journal is defined by the experimental method, and so papers based on experiments from all areas of psychology are published. In addition to research articles, Experimental Psychology includes occasional theoretical and review articles.