Hartig & Staats (2006) - The need for restoration

5 important questions on Hartig & Staats (2006) - The need for restoration

Were was the Hartig & Staats study about?

About how attentional fatigue influences environmental preferences

What was the grounding theory in the study?

The Attention Restoration Theory of Kaplan (ART, 1995).

Which are the effects of reduced attentional fatigue?

Less concentration
irritation
make errors
unwillingsness to help others

-> feel a need for restoration
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Characteristics of restorative environments (bv Renesse)?

Feelings of
- being away
- fascination
- compatible
- extend

Research showed  that natural environments are more restorative than urban environments

Which premises the study had (2)?

- restoration is more presumable in a natural than urban area.
- restoration is more valued by people who need restoration.
Translated as environmental preference by restoration needs

Hypothesis: preferences for natural environment is greater in higher state of attentional fatigue

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