Sin-Ae Park   Chorong Song   Ji-Young Choi   Ki-Cheol Son   Yoshifumi Miyazaki   
HORTSCIENCE 51(10) 1308-1312 2016年10月 [査読有り]
The study's objective was to investigate the effects of foliage plants on prefrontal cortex activity and subjective assessments of psychological relaxation. In a crossover experimental design, 24 male university students in their 20s observed a co...
Chorong Song   Harumi Ikei   Yoshifumi Miyazaki   
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 13(8) 781 2016年8月 [査読有り]
Humans have evolved into what they are today after the passage of 6-7 million years. If we define the beginning of urbanization as the rise of the industrial revolution, less than 0.01% of our species' history has been spent in modern surroundings...
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 12(12) 15222-15232 2015年12月 [査読有り]
The natural environment is increasingly recognized as an effective counter to urban stress, and Forest Therapy has recently attracted attention as a relaxation and stress management activity with demonstrated clinical efficacy. The present study a...
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 12(11) 14216-14228 2015年11月 [査読有り]
In recent times, attention has been focused on the role of urban green spaces in promoting human health and well-being. However, there is a lack of evidence-based research on the physiological effects of walking in urban green areas. This study ai...