Built environment color modulates autonomic and EEG indices of emotional response.

ABSTRACT: Understanding built environment exposure as a component of environmental enrichment has significant implications for mental health, but little is known about the effects design characteristics have on our emotions and associated neurophysiology. Using a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment while monitoring indoor environmental quality (IEQ), 18 participants were exposed to a resting state (black), and two room scenes, control (white) and condition (blue), to understand if the color of the virtual walls affected self-report, autonomic nervous system, and central nervous system correlates of emotion. Our findings showed that exposure to the chromatic color condition (blue) compared to the achromatic control (white) and resting-state (black, no built environment) significantly increased the ran

SUBMITTER: Bower IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9786701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature