Superior visual search accuracy after exposure to natural relative to urban environments

Joshua Sandry; Jeremy Schwark; Gayle Hunt; Kasha Geels; Stephen Rice

doi:10.1177/1071181312561324

Superior visual search accuracy after exposure to natural relative to urban environments

Joshua Sandry, Jeremy Schwark, Gayle Hunt, Kasha Geels, Stephen Rice

Psychology

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Recent studies have demonstrated a performance benefit when interacting in natural compared to urban environments. Presently, we are interested in testing whether visual search performance would differ depending on environmental exposure. We exposed participants to images of either natural scenes or urban scenes and asked them to complete a visual conjunction search (identifying the letter O embedded in an array of Q's). Consistent with existing literature, findings revealed that participants were more accurate at identifying targets when they were exposed to images of nature relative to participants exposed to images of urban environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Pages	1624-1628
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561324
State	Published - 2012
Event	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 22 Oct 2012 → 26 Oct 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	22/10/12 → 26/10/12

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Sandry, J, Schwark, J, Hunt, G, Geels, K & Rice, S 2012, Superior visual search accuracy after exposure to natural relative to urban environments. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 1624-1628, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012, Boston, MA, United States, 22/10/12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561324

Superior visual search accuracy after exposure to natural relative to urban environments. / Sandry, Joshua; Schwark, Jeremy; Hunt, Gayle et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. 2012. p. 1624-1628 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society).

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