Let the sun shine! Measuring explicit and implicit preference for environments differing in naturalness, weather type and brightness

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 162-178

  Beute, F ^a   de Kort, Y A W ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daylight; Health; Nature; Preference; Restoration; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882989781     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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