A systematic review of the strength of evidence for the most commonly recommended happiness strategies in mainstream media

D Folk, E Dunn - Nature Human Behaviour, 2023‏ - nature.com
We conducted a systematic review of the evidence underlying some of the most widely
recommended strategies for increasing happiness. By coding media articles on happiness …

The role of nature in co** with psycho-physiological stress: a literature review on restorativeness

R Berto - Behavioral sciences, 2014‏ - mdpi.com
Physical settings can play a role in co** with stress; in particular experimental research
has found strong evidence between exposure to natural environments and recovery from …

The Metaverse as a virtual form of data-driven smart cities: The ethics of the hyper-connectivity, datafication, algorithmization, and platformization of urban society

SE Bibri, Z Allam - Computational Urban Science, 2022‏ - Springer
Recent advances in computing and immersive technologies have provided Meta (formerly
Facebook) with the opportunity to leapfrog or expedite its way of thinking and devising a …

Can simulated nature support mental health? Comparing short, single-doses of 360-degree nature videos in virtual reality with the outdoors

MHEM Browning, KJ Mimnaugh, CJ Van Riper… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Nature exposure in virtual reality (VR) can provide emotional well-being benefits for people
who cannot access the outdoors. Little is known about how these simulated experiences …

[HTML][HTML] What is the best way of delivering virtual nature for improving mood? An experimental comparison of high definition TV, 360 video, and computer generated …

NL Yeo, MP White, I Alcock, R Garside, SG Dean… - Journal of environmental …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Exposure to 'real'nature can increase positive affect and decrease negative affect, but direct
access is not always possible, eg for people in health/care settings who often experience …

Imagined affordance: Reconstructing a keyword for communication theory

P Nagy, G Neff - Social Media+ Society, 2015‏ - journals.sagepub.com
In this essay, we reconstruct a keyword for communication—affordance. Affordance, adopted
from ecological psychology, is now widely used in technology studies, yet the term lacks a …

Virtual reality for management of pain in hospitalized patients: A randomized comparative effectiveness trial

B Spiegel, G Fuller, M Lopez, T Dupuy, B Noah… - PloS one, 2019‏ - journals.plos.org
Objectives Therapeutic virtual reality (VR) has emerged as an effective, drug-free tool for
pain management, but there is a lack of randomized, controlled data evaluating its …

[HTML][HTML] Trees, grass, or concrete? The effects of different types of environments on stress reduction

Q Huang, M Yang, H Jane, S Li, N Bauer - Landscape and urban planning, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Despite a number of studies about how natural environments can affect human health and
well-being, few have examined the potentially different effects of different types of …

How immersive is enough? A meta-analysis of the effect of immersive technology on user presence

JJ Cummings, JN Bailenson - Media psychology, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
The concept of presence, or “being there” is a frequently emphasized factor in immersive
mediated environments. It is often assumed that greater levels of immersive quality elicit …

A dose of nature: Tree cover, stress reduction, and gender differences

B Jiang, CY Chang, WC Sullivan - Landscape and urban planning, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Although it is well established that exposure to nearby nature can help reduce stress in
individuals, the shape of the dose–response curve is entirely unclear. To establish this dose …