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  • 标题:Physiological Effects of Shinrin-yoku (Taking in the Atmosphere of the Forest)—Using Salivary Cortisol and Cerebral Activity as Indicators—
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  • 作者:Bum-Jin Park ; Yuko Tsunetsugu ; Tamami Kasetani
  • 期刊名称:Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY and Applied Human Science
  • 印刷版ISSN:1345-3475
  • 出版年度:2007
  • 卷号:26
  • 期号:2
  • 页码:123-128
  • DOI:10.2114/jpa2.26.123
  • 出版社:Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology
  • 摘要:

    The purpose of this study is to examine the physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest). The subjects were 12 male students (22.8±1.4 yr). On the first day of the experiments, one group of 6 subjects was sent to a forest area, and the other group of 6 subjects was sent to a city area. On the second day, each group was sent to the opposite area for a cross check. In the forenoon, the subjects were asked to walk around their given area for 20 minutes. In the afternoon, they were asked to sit on chairs and watch the landscapes of their given area for 20 minutes. Cerebral activity in the prefrontal area and salivary cortisol were measured as physiological indices in the morning at the place of accommodation, before and after walking in the forest or city areas during the forenoon, and before and after watching the landscapes in the afternoon in the forest and city areas, and in the evening at the place of accommodation. The results indicated that cerebral activity in the prefrontal area of the forest area group was significantly lower than that of the group in the city area after walking; the concentration of salivary cortisol in the forest area group was significantly lower than that of the group in the city area before and after watching each landscape. The results of the physiological measurements show that Shinrin-yoku can effectively relax both people's body and spirit.

  • 关键词:forest environment; therapeutic effect; restorative environment; TRS (Time-Resolved Spectroscopy); NIRS (Near-Infrared Spectroscopy)
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