These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye: But oft,

in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din

Of towns and cities, I have owed to them,

In hours of weariness, sensations sweet Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind With tranquil restoration.

 William Wordsworth poem: Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798 nature has the power to restore our weary hearts and minds. describes how the beauty of nature can provides us with tranquil restoration. point out that city living, whether in the 18th or 21st centuries, often causes us to feel depleted, disconnected, and isolated, with a vague freefloating anxiety, or the painful thought that nothing makes sense including our own stressful lives.

Scientific evidence that being in nature has a restorative effect

HOW NATURE'S BEAUTY CAN RESTORE YOURSELF MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY

Possible mechanisms of the restorative effect of nature

What kinds of natural settings or phenomenon can restore us?

scientific evidence: beautiful outdoor nature increase the efficiency of the brain and improve our general psychological mood.

SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT BEING IN NATURE HAS A RESTORATIVE EFFECT

Kaplan and Berman (researchers) in Perspectives on Psychological Science-nature can improve our mental and physical health.

Cimprich-1993, carried out a study on women diagnosed with breast cancer. Patients were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a non-intervention group.

The second piece of research supporting the restorative effects of being close to nature is one reported in 2000 by Kuo and his associates on residents of a large urban public housing project in Chicago.

Possible mechanisms of the restorative effect of nature

Kaplan and Berman-Attention Restoration Theory: two types of attention

Proposes: modern civilization v.s natural environments

restore normal mental functioning.

quietness and natural visual

involuntary

voluntary

relax our bodies and our minds

most of us think of nature are quite varied: nature reserves, national parks, countrysides, seashores, or city parks.

watching lightning and thunder storms or even hurricanes whipping winds and rain, dessert areas outside of Phoenix Arizona

What kinds of natural settings or phenomenon can restore us?

spend vacations at the seaside, hypnotized by the rhythmic sound of the surf

observing the wonders of science: telescope the planet Jupiter and its four moons

Thats all. Thank you.

Presenter: LIM WEN QIAN