Physiological relaxation induced by horticultural activity: Transplanting work using flowering plants

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Min sun ^a   Park, Bum jin ^b   Lee, Juyoung ^c   Park, Kun tae ^a   Ku, Ja hyeong ^b   Lee, Jun woo ^b   Oh, Kyung ok ^b   Miyazaki, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Forest Service   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous activity; Heart rate variability; Horticultural activity; Personality difference; Therapeutic effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; HEART RATE; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRYSANTHEMUM; HEART RATE; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; RELAXATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885161667     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-6805-32-15     Document Type: Article

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