An exploratory approach for using EEG to examine person-environment interaction

Huang, Shu‐Chun Lucy; Chiang, Noelle C.; Kuo, Nai-Fong; Chen, Yi-Jang

doi:10.1080/01426397.2018.1548586

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“…EEG changes in alpha, beta and gamma frequencies have been linked to changes in relaxation [ 59 ] and EEG has been proposed as an ideal measure of relaxation ‘R-state’ by Zhang et al [ 58 ], with increases in relaxation reflecting restorative environments, such as increased alpha in response to passive viewing of rural images [ 73 ] and increased frontal and occipital alpha when viewing green rather than urban spaces [ 75 ]. Similarly, relaxed attentional states, as opposed to loss of attention and vigilance, have been associated with increased alpha and theta [ 61 ]. Differences between ‘real’ and simulated environments have also produced changes in EEG [ 41 ].…”

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“…EEG measurement provides an objective measure of brain cortical activity and has been proposed as an ideal measure of relaxation [ 58 ]. EEG changes have reflected improved subjective mood states when viewing green environments [ 59 , 60 ], though results may vary and change with presentation method [ 61 , 62 ]. Few have gone beyond this to triangulate these measures with qualitative findings.…”

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Exposure to Green, Blue and Historic Environments and Mental Well-Being: A Comparison between Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display and Flat Screen Exposure

Reece

Bornioli

Bray

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Improving the mental health of urban residents is a global public health priority. This study builds on existing work that demonstrates the ability of virtual exposure to restorative environments to improve population mental health. It compares the restorative effects of green, blue and historic environments delivered by both flat screen and immersive virtual reality technology, and triangulates data from psychological, physiological and qualitative sources. Results from the subjective measure analyses showed that exposures to all the experimental videos were associated with self-reported reduced anxiety and improved mood, although the historic environment was associated with a smaller reduction of anxiety (p < 0.01). These results were supported by the qualitative accounts. For two of the electroencephalography (EEG) frequency bands, higher levels of activity were observed for historic environments. In relation to the mode of delivery, the subjective measures did not suggest any effect, while for the EEG analyses there was evidence of a significant effect of technology across three out of four frequency bands. In conclusion, this study adds to the evidence that the benefits of restorative environments can be delivered through virtual exposure and suggests that virtual reality may provide greater levels of immersion than flat screen viewing.

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Exposure to Green, Blue and Historic Environments and Mental Well-Being: A Comparison between Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display and Flat Screen Exposure

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“…Physiological sensors are composed of portable and wearable electrocardiographic sensors, brain electrical sensors, skin electrical sensors, and skin temperature sensors, etc (Mavros et al, 2016). The wearable physiological sensor technology fused with GPS spatial location data can generate a geo-tagged spatial trajectory and provide important support for urban spatial behavior research based on human perspective perception signal data (Aspinall et al, 2015, Huang et al, 2019. As shown in Table 2, the effective application of deep learning, virtual reality technology, eye tracking, and physiological sensors has been confirmed by many researchers.…”

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“…With regard to new technologies applied in urban studies, the limitation of data acquisition has been greatly changed, the scope of research method has been expanded and the study efficiency has been promoted. (Mavros et al, 2016, Aspinall et al, 2015, Huang et al, 2019 Source: Based on the internet search…”

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Survey of Urban Spatial Quality Research under New Data and New Technology Environment

Yang¹,

Jia²,

Meng³

2021

Proceedings of the 57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress

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Urban space is an important part of people's life, and its spatial quality is essential to people's activities and behaviors. The emerging new data and new technologies improve traditional research methods in urban space significantly. This paper reviews, analyzes and summarizes new data and new technologies that have emerged in recent years, including build environment data, social media data, trajectory data, deep learning, virtual reality, eye tracking, and physiological sensor. This paper also analyzes the possibility of more precise analysis and more intuitive presentation of these new data and new technologies in urban spatial research methods. Finally, we propose a framework to response the possible application of these new data and new technologies in the process of urbanization.

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“…A recent study highlighted the relevance of environmental interventions by showing that individuals frequenting urban environments with few green resources and an increased risk for mental illness are particularly receptive of the presence of urban green space ( Tost et al, 2019 ). Some further evidence suggests that being exposed to real green and blue space induces psychophysiological and behavioral responses that can be differentiated from those induced by the same environments when reproduced by visual media ( Huang, 2009 ; Huang et al, 2019 ). Similarly, a recent meta-analysis showed that real natural settings benefit mood to a greater degree than simulated settings ( Browning et al, 2020 ).…”

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The Self and Its Nature: A Psychopathological Perspective on the Risk-Reducing Effects of Environmental Green Space for Psychosis

Ebisch

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Epidemiological studies have shown that environmental green space contributes to the reduction of psychosis incidence in the population. Clarifying the psychological and neuro-functional mechanisms underlying the risk-decreasing effects of green surroundings could help optimize preventive environmental interventions. This perspective article specifically aims to open a new window on the link between environmental green space and psychosis by considering its core psychopathological features. Psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, are essentially characterized by self-disturbances. The psychological structure of the self has been described as a multidimensional phenomenon that emerges from the reciprocal interaction with the environment through intrinsic and extrinsic self-processes. The intrinsic self refers to the experience of mental activity and environmental information as inherently related to one’s own person, which involves self-referential processing, self-reflection, memory, interoception, and emotional evaluation. The extrinsic self refers to sensorimotor interactions with the environment and the sense of agency, that is, the experience of being the source of one’s own actions and the multisensory consequences thereof. In psychosis, anomalous self-processing has been related to a functional fragmentation of intrinsic and extrinsic self-processes and related brain networks. Moreover, evidence from cognitive neuroscience suggests that green space could have beneficial effects on self-related processing. Based on the literature, it could be hypothesized that self-processing is involved in mediating the beneficial effects of green space for psychosis. Considering the multidimensionality of the self, it is proposed that urban green space design aimed at improving mental health ideally impacts the complexity of self-facets and thus restores the individual’s self.

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An exploratory approach for using EEG to examine person-environment interaction

Cited by 10 publications

References 61 publications

Exposure to Green, Blue and Historic Environments and Mental Well-Being: A Comparison between Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display and Flat Screen Exposure

Exposure to Green, Blue and Historic Environments and Mental Well-Being: A Comparison between Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display and Flat Screen Exposure

Survey of Urban Spatial Quality Research under New Data and New Technology Environment

The Self and Its Nature: A Psychopathological Perspective on the Risk-Reducing Effects of Environmental Green Space for Psychosis

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