The need for psychological restoration as a determinant of environmental preferences

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-226

  Hartig, Terry ^a   Staats, Henk ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional fatigue; Environmental preference; Natural environment; Psychological restoration; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751209195     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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