Superior visual search accuracy after exposure to natural relative to urban environments

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1624-1628

  Sandry, Joshua ^a   Schwark, Jeremy ^a   Hunt, Gayle ^a   Geels, Kasha ^a   Rice, Stephen ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NATURAL SCENES; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SCENES; VISUAL SEARCH;

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84873464992     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1071181312561324     Document Type: Conference Paper

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