Natural sound facilitates mood recovery

Ecopsychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 183-188

  Benfield, Jacob A ^a   Taff, B Derrick ^b   Newman, Peter ^b   Smyth, Joshua ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophilia; Environmental psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907290841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19429347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/eco.2014.0028     Document Type: Article

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