The regulatory role of soft fascination with nature and Nature
Relatedness in restoring voluntary attention -- preliminary study
Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the possibility of restoring
voluntary attention through the experience of soft fascination with
nature considering the predictive role of nature relatedness (NR). The
within-subject design was used to in two alterable contexts: a virtual
experience of urban and nature. The Nature Relatedness Scale and series
of addition tasks within 100 after exposure to short videos depicting
nature vs urban was performed by a group of 99 persons aged 18 to 70.
The results show the importance of contact with nature for increasing
the counting speed irrespectively to the intensity of NR.