Title
Superior Visual Search Accuracy After Exposure to Natural Relative to Urban Environments
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
12-1-2012
Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated a performance benefit when interacting in natural compared to urban environments. Presently, we are interested in testing whether visual search performance would differ depending on environmental exposure. We exposed participants to images of either natural scenes or urban scenes and asked them to complete a visual conjunction search (identifying the letter O embedded in an array of Q's). Consistent with existing literature, findings revealed that participants were more accurate at identifying targets when they were exposed to images of nature relative to participants exposed to images of urban environments.
DOI
10.1177/1071181312561324
MSU Digital Commons Citation
Sandry, Joshua; Schwark, Jeremy; Hunt, Gayle; Geels, Kasha; and Rice, Stephen, "Superior Visual Search Accuracy After Exposure to Natural Relative to Urban Environments" (2012). Department of Psychology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 467.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/psychology-facpubs/467