Human brain activation in response to visual stimulation with rural and urban scenery pictures: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Kim, Tae-Hoon; Jeong, Gwang‐Woo; Baek, Han-Su; Kim, Gwang-Won; Sundaram, Thirunavukkarasu; Kang, Hyejung; Lee, Seungwon; Kim, Hyung Joong; Song, Jin‐Kyu

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.025

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“…Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has shown distinct networks of activation associated with viewing urban and rural scenes [8,12] and demonstrated that these networks could be mediated by emotional preference [13]. In addition, reductions in resting state activation were found in the subgenual prefrontal cortex after a 90-min walk in nature as compared with a 90-min walk in an urban environment [3].…”

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“…In addition, reductions in resting state activation were found in the subgenual prefrontal cortex after a 90-min walk in nature as compared with a 90-min walk in an urban environment [3]. Electroencephalography (EEG) has shown that observing static rural images can induce increases in alpha (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13) Hz) neural activity [14,15] associated with relaxation [16].…”

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The Aging Urban Brain: Analyzing Outdoor Physical Activity Using the Emotiv Affectiv Suite in Older People

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Aspinall²,

Roe

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J Urban Health

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This research directly assesses older people's neural activation in response to a changing urban environment while walking, as measured by electroencephalography (EEG). The study builds on previous research that shows changes in cortical activity while moving through different urban settings. The current study extends this methodology to explore previously unstudied outcomes in older people aged 65 years or more (n = 95). Participants were recruited to walk one of six scenarios pairing urban busy (a commercial street with traffic), urban quiet (a residential street) and urban green (a public park) spaces in a counterbalanced design, wearing a mobile Emotiv EEG headset to record real-time neural responses to place. Each walk lasted around 15 min and was undertaken at the pace of the participant. We report on the outputs for these responses derived from the Emotiv Affectiv Suite software, which creates emotional parameters ('excitement', 'frustration', 'engagement' and 'meditation') with a real-time value assigned to them. The six walking scenarios were compared using a form of high dimensional correlated component regression (CCR) on difference data, capturing the change between one setting and another. The results showed that levels of 'engagement' were higher in the urban green space compared to those of the urban busy and urban quiet spaces, whereas levels of 'excitement' were higher in the urban busy environment compared with those of the urban green space and quiet urban space. In both cases, this effect is shown regardless of the order of exposure to these different environments. These results suggest that

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The Aging Urban Brain: Analyzing Outdoor Physical Activity Using the Emotiv Affectiv Suite in Older People

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Aspinall²,

Roe

et al. 2017

J Urban Health

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“…The x, y and z coordinates of the maximum t-value were based on MNI brain space provided by SPM8 software. Anatomical labeling for the activation areas was implemented using Functional and Anatomical Labeling of Brain Activation (FALBA) software (Kim et al, 2010), which is capable of identifying the brain areas and quantifying the brain activity as well. The correlation between the BOLD signal changes in activation conditions and the anxiety levels (the rating scores on the six clinical questionnaires) in both groups was analyzed by Pearson's correlation test with a 95% confidence interval.…”

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Explicit verbal memory impairments associated with brain functional deficits and morphological alterations in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

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Yang

Jeong

2015

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…48,49 Exposure to rural versus urban images activates different brain regions. Notably, urban images were associated with greater activation of the "emotional brain" including the hippocampus and amygdala; 50,51 abnormalities in these brain regions have been commonly associated with mental disorders such as PTSD.…”

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The urban environment and mental disorders

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Uddin

2011

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Human brain activation in response to visual stimulation with rural and urban scenery pictures: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Cited by 79 publications

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The Aging Urban Brain: Analyzing Outdoor Physical Activity Using the Emotiv Affectiv Suite in Older People

The Aging Urban Brain: Analyzing Outdoor Physical Activity Using the Emotiv Affectiv Suite in Older People

Explicit verbal memory impairments associated with brain functional deficits and morphological alterations in patients with generalized anxiety disorder

The urban environment and mental disorders

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