Emotional Well-Being in Urban Wilderness: Assessing States of Calmness and Alertness in Informal Green Spaces (IGSs) with Muse—Portable EEG Headband
Autor: | Krzysztof Herman, Leon Ciechanowski, Aleksandra Przegalinska |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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lcsh:TJ807-830 Geography Planning and Development lcsh:Renewable energy sources 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Space (commercial competition) 01 natural sciences Informal Green Spaces 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine well-being wastelands electroencephalography (EEG) Calmness Recreation lcsh:Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences lcsh:GE1-350 Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants urban landscape Emotional well-being Alertness lcsh:TD194-195 Mood green infrastructure Well-being Green infrastructure Psychology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cognitive psychology |
Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 4 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 2212, p 2212 (2021) |
ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
DOI: | 10.3390/su13042212 |
Popis: | In this experiment, we operated within the novel research area of Informal Green Spaces (often called green wastelands), exploring emotional well-being with the employment of portable electroencephalography (EEG) devices. The apparatus (commercial EEG Muse headband) provided an opportunity to analyze states of calmness and alertness in n = 20 participants as they visited selected Informal Green Spaces in Warsaw, Poland. The article aims to test the hypothesis that passive recreation in Informal Green Spaces (IGSs) has a positive impact on emotional well-being and that there is a connection between the intensity of states of calmness and alertness and 1. the type of green space (IGS/GS), 2. the type of scenery and 3. the type of IGS. The preliminary experiment showed that there might be no substantial distinction in the users’ levels of emotional states when considering existing typologies. On the other hand, data-driven analysis suggests that there might be a connection between the state of alertness and some characteristics of specific areas. After carrying out the multivariate analyses of variance in the repeated measurement scheme and finding significant differences between oscillations in different areas, we conclude that there might be three possible sources of lower alertness and increased calmness in some areas. These are 1. the presence of “desirable” human intervention such as paths and urban furniture, 2. a lack of “undesirable” users and signs of their presence and 3. the presence of other “desirable” users. |
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