Selective attention and heart rate responses to natural and urban environments

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-134

  Laumann, Karin ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^b   Stormak, Kjell Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 0038460176     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-4944(02)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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