The perception of naturalness correlates with low-level visual features of environmental scenes.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown that interacting with natural environments vs. more urban or built environments can have salubrious psychological effects, such as improvements in attention and memory. Even viewing pictures of nature vs. pictures of built environments can produce similar effects. A major question is: What is it about natural environments that produces these benefits? Problematically, there are many differing qualities between natural and urban environments, making it difficult to narrow down the dimensions of nature that may lead to these benefits. In this study, we set out to uncover visual features that related to individuals' perceptions of naturalness in images. We quantified naturalness in two ways: first, implicitly using a multidimensional scaling analysis and second, ex

SUBMITTER: Berman MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4273965 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature