AUTHOR=Johnson Katherine A. , Pontvianne Annabelle , Ly Vi , Jin Rui , Januar Jonathan Haris , Machida Keitaro , Sargent Leisa D. , Lee Kate E. , Williams Nicholas S. G. , Williams Kathryn J. H. TITLE=Water and Meadow Views Both Afford Perceived but Not Performance-Based Attention Restoration: Results From Two Experimental Studies JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809629 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2022.809629 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
Attention Restoration Theory proposes that exposure to natural environments helps to restore attention. For sustained attention—the ongoing application of focus to a task, the effect appears to be modest, and the underlying mechanisms of attention restoration remain unclear. Exposure to nature may improve attention performance through many means: modulation of alertness and one’s connection to nature were investigated here, in two separate studies. In both studies, participants performed the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) before and immediately after viewing a meadow, ocean, or urban image for 40 s, and then completed the Perceived Restorativeness Scale. In Study 1 (