Human brain activation in response to visual stimulation with rural and urban scenery pictures: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2600-2607

  Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Jeong, Gwang Woo ^a,b   Baek, Han Su ^a   Kim, Gwang Won ^a   Sundaram, Thirunavukkarasu ^a   Kang, Heoung Keun ^b   Lee, Seung Won ^c   Kim, Hyung Joong ^d   Song, Jin Kyu ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain activation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION MAPS; BRAIN ACTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GROUP ANALYSIS; HUMAN BRAIN; NEURAL ACTIVATION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RANDOM EFFECTS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; T-TESTS; URBAN LIFE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CITIES; FEMALE; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951767674     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.025     Document Type: Article

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