More biodiverse nature landscapes may better buffer against stress - but only if you notice the difference, per experiment using videos of urban woodland

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PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FILMING SITE TAKEN UNDER CONTROL CONDITIONS (LEFT) AND AFTER ADDING 21 SPECIES OF PLANTS (RIGHT).

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CREDIT: FARRIS ET AL., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/4.0/)

More biodiverse nature landscapes may better buffer against stress  - but only if you notice the difference, per experiment using videos of urban woodland

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0297179

Article Title: Does increasing biodiversity in an urban woodland setting promote positive emotional responses in humans? A stress recovery experiment using 360-degree videos of an urban woodland

Author Countries: UK

Funding: SF received a PhD Studentship funding from the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council, via the White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP). Award reference: 2273610. https://www.ukri.org/councils/esrc/ The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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JOURNAL

PLoS ONE

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0297179 

ARTICLE TITLE

Does increasing biodiversity in an urban woodland setting promote positive emotional responses in humans? A stress recovery experiment using 360-degree videos of an urban woodland

ARTICLE PUBLICATION DATE

7-Feb-2024