Stress recovery during exposure to nature sound and environmental noise

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1036-1046

  Alvarsson, Jesper J ^a   Wiens, Stefan ^a   Nilsson, Mats E ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Heart rate variability; Nature sounds; Skin conductance level; Soundscape; Stress recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOUND; SYMPATHETIC TONE; HEART RATE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NATURE; NOISE; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950894605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7031036     Document Type: Article

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