TY - JOUR
AU - Seiko Goto
AU - Yuki Morota
AU - Congcong Liu
AU - Minkai Sun
AU - Bertram Shi
AU - Karl Herrup
AB - Aim: To explore people’s visual attention and psychological and physiological responses to viewing a Japanese garden (an asymmetrically designed garden) and an herb garden (a symmetrically designed garden). Background: There are few studies of eye movements when observing different style gardens, and how they are connected to the interpretation of the space, and physiological and psychological responses. Method: Thirty subjects were recruited and their physiological and psychological responses to viewing the garden types were assessed using a heart-rate monitor and questionnaire. Eye movements while viewing projected slide images of the gardens were tracking using an eye-tracking monitor. Results: A significant decrease in heart rate was observed when subjects were viewing the Japanese garden as opposed to viewing the herb garden. Mood was significantly improved in both gardens, but eye-gaze patterns differed. The Japanese garden elicited far more comments about expectations for the coming season; unlike the herb garden, it also induced memories of viewing other landscapes. Conclusion: The physiological and psychological responses to viewing gardens differs based on the quality of landscape design and the prior experience of viewers.
BT - HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
DA - 01/1970
DO - 10.1177/1937586720924729
DP - DOI.org (Crossref)
IS - 4
LA - en
N2 - Aim: To explore people’s visual attention and psychological and physiological responses to viewing a Japanese garden (an asymmetrically designed garden) and an herb garden (a symmetrically designed garden). Background: There are few studies of eye movements when observing different style gardens, and how they are connected to the interpretation of the space, and physiological and psychological responses. Method: Thirty subjects were recruited and their physiological and psychological responses to viewing the garden types were assessed using a heart-rate monitor and questionnaire. Eye movements while viewing projected slide images of the gardens were tracking using an eye-tracking monitor. Results: A significant decrease in heart rate was observed when subjects were viewing the Japanese garden as opposed to viewing the herb garden. Mood was significantly improved in both gardens, but eye-gaze patterns differed. The Japanese garden elicited far more comments about expectations for the coming season; unlike the herb garden, it also induced memories of viewing other landscapes. Conclusion: The physiological and psychological responses to viewing gardens differs based on the quality of landscape design and the prior experience of viewers.
PY - 2020
SN - 1937-5867, 2167-5112
SP - 31
EP - 43
ST - The Mechanism of Relaxation by Viewing a Japanese Garden
T2 - HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
TI - The Mechanism of Relaxation by Viewing a Japanese Garden: A Pilot Study
UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1937586720924729
VL - 13
Y2 - 2021/05/07/07:01:06
ER -