Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment

Existing studies have shown that direct exposure to a real nature environment has a restorative effect on attentional resources after a mentally fatiguing task. However, it remains unclear whether virtual nature simulations can serve as a substitute for real nature experienced in the outdoors to res...

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Main Authors: HARTANTO, Andree, TEO, Nicole Lee Anne, LUA, Verity Y. Q., TAY, Keith, CHEN, Nicole R. Y., MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-50312023-07-30T23:54:21Z Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment HARTANTO, Andree TEO, Nicole Lee Anne LUA, Verity Y. Q. TAY, Keith CHEN, Nicole R. Y. MAJEED, Nadyanna M. Existing studies have shown that direct exposure to a real nature environment has a restorative effect on attentional resources after a mentally fatiguing task. However, it remains unclear whether virtual nature simulations can serve as a substitute for real nature experienced in the outdoors to restore executive attention. Given the mixed findings in the literature, the present study sought to examine if viewing videos with natural scenery (vs. a control with urban scenery) restores participants’ working memory capacity – measured by an operation span task – in a high-powered pre-registered within-subject experimental study. Overall, our within-subject experiment did not find any evidence to support the benefit of watching videos with natural scenery on restoration of executive attention. Moreover, the results from our Bayesian analyses further showed substantial support for the null hypothesis. Our study suggests that virtual nature simulations, even with the use of videos, may not be able to replicate the experiences of nature in the outdoors and restore attentional resources. 2023-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3773 info:doi/10.1027/1618-3169/a000578 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5031/viewcontent/WatchVideosNaturalScenery_ExperimentalPsy_av.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University attention restoration exposure to nature pre-registered experiment virtual nature simulations within-subject design working memory capacity Applied Behavior Analysis Experimental Analysis of Behavior Social Psychology
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topic attention restoration
exposure to nature
pre-registered experiment
virtual nature simulations
within-subject design
working memory capacity
Applied Behavior Analysis
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Social Psychology
spellingShingle attention restoration
exposure to nature
pre-registered experiment
virtual nature simulations
within-subject design
working memory capacity
Applied Behavior Analysis
Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Social Psychology
HARTANTO, Andree
TEO, Nicole Lee Anne
LUA, Verity Y. Q.
TAY, Keith
CHEN, Nicole R. Y.
MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
description Existing studies have shown that direct exposure to a real nature environment has a restorative effect on attentional resources after a mentally fatiguing task. However, it remains unclear whether virtual nature simulations can serve as a substitute for real nature experienced in the outdoors to restore executive attention. Given the mixed findings in the literature, the present study sought to examine if viewing videos with natural scenery (vs. a control with urban scenery) restores participants’ working memory capacity – measured by an operation span task – in a high-powered pre-registered within-subject experimental study. Overall, our within-subject experiment did not find any evidence to support the benefit of watching videos with natural scenery on restoration of executive attention. Moreover, the results from our Bayesian analyses further showed substantial support for the null hypothesis. Our study suggests that virtual nature simulations, even with the use of videos, may not be able to replicate the experiences of nature in the outdoors and restore attentional resources.
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author HARTANTO, Andree
TEO, Nicole Lee Anne
LUA, Verity Y. Q.
TAY, Keith
CHEN, Nicole R. Y.
MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
author_facet HARTANTO, Andree
TEO, Nicole Lee Anne
LUA, Verity Y. Q.
TAY, Keith
CHEN, Nicole R. Y.
MAJEED, Nadyanna M.
author_sort HARTANTO, Andree
title Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
title_short Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
title_full Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
title_fullStr Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
title_full_unstemmed Does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? A critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
title_sort does watching videos with natural scenery restore attentional resources? a critical examination through a pre-registered within-subject experiment
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2023
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3773
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5031/viewcontent/WatchVideosNaturalScenery_ExperimentalPsy_av.pdf
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