Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback

Urban scenic forests provide urban residents with various physical and mental health and wellbeing services. However, in the research on the color quantification and health services of scenic forests, it is still unclear how their color quantification characteristics feedback on the stress - attenti...

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Main Authors: Linjia Wu, Yixuan Zhang, Meiqin Mao, Chunyu Li, Qingmei Zhang, Wei Zhao, Xin Sui, Jingting Li, Junbin Ma, Yanlin Li, Qidi Dong
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
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Jingting Li
Junbin Ma
Yanlin Li
Qidi Dong
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description Urban scenic forests provide urban residents with various physical and mental health and wellbeing services. However, in the research on the color quantification and health services of scenic forests, it is still unclear how their color quantification characteristics feedback on the stress - attention of the adolescent group. In this study, visual color elements (green, red and yellow) of three landscape forests were used to generate 48 images of four groups of urban landscape forests according to color combinations and proportions. Virtual images were used to assess the stress indicators and attention indicators of participants before and after viewing. The results showed that the four groups of experimental groups showed varying degrees of α wave reduction and β/α ratio increase after viewing, G1 group showed an extremely significant increase in β wave after image stimulation, G1 and G3 group significantly decreased θ/β power, G4 group and G5 control group had no significant change. Among the 16 channels of absolute α wave and absolute β wave in the brain, the F3 and F4 channels corresponding to the frontal lobe of the G3 group showed the most prominent consistency of β wave in the frontal cortex during highly concentrated mental activities. Our study shows that positive EEG (Electroencephalogram) feedback of arousal and attention recovery can be obtained by using monochromatic or two-color changing color features in urban landscape forest. This study can provide references and methods for urban forest planning, design and visual evaluation.
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spelling doaj-art-62a9250d5d934f85acf84de2f23805a12024-11-20T06:27:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Forests and Global Change2624-893X2024-11-01710.3389/ffgc.2024.14958061495806Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedbackLinjia Wu0Yixuan Zhang1Meiqin Mao2Chunyu Li3Qingmei Zhang4Wei Zhao5Xin Sui6Jingting Li7Junbin Ma8Yanlin Li9Qidi Dong10College of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Design, Ningbo Tech University, Ningbo, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaCollege of Art, Sichuan Tourism University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, ChinaSchool of Fine Arts and Design, Xihua University, Chengdu, ChinaUrban scenic forests provide urban residents with various physical and mental health and wellbeing services. However, in the research on the color quantification and health services of scenic forests, it is still unclear how their color quantification characteristics feedback on the stress - attention of the adolescent group. In this study, visual color elements (green, red and yellow) of three landscape forests were used to generate 48 images of four groups of urban landscape forests according to color combinations and proportions. Virtual images were used to assess the stress indicators and attention indicators of participants before and after viewing. The results showed that the four groups of experimental groups showed varying degrees of α wave reduction and β/α ratio increase after viewing, G1 group showed an extremely significant increase in β wave after image stimulation, G1 and G3 group significantly decreased θ/β power, G4 group and G5 control group had no significant change. Among the 16 channels of absolute α wave and absolute β wave in the brain, the F3 and F4 channels corresponding to the frontal lobe of the G3 group showed the most prominent consistency of β wave in the frontal cortex during highly concentrated mental activities. Our study shows that positive EEG (Electroencephalogram) feedback of arousal and attention recovery can be obtained by using monochromatic or two-color changing color features in urban landscape forest. This study can provide references and methods for urban forest planning, design and visual evaluation.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1495806/fullurban landscape forestbrain electricitycolor quantizationstressattention
spellingShingle Linjia Wu
Yixuan Zhang
Meiqin Mao
Chunyu Li
Qingmei Zhang
Wei Zhao
Xin Sui
Jingting Li
Junbin Ma
Yanlin Li
Qidi Dong
Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
urban landscape forest
brain electricity
color quantization
stress
attention
title Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback
title_full Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback
title_fullStr Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback
title_full_unstemmed Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback
title_short Evergreen or seasonal? Quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress—attention electroencephalogram feedback
title_sort evergreen or seasonal quantitative research on the color of urban scenic forests based on stress attention electroencephalogram feedback
topic urban landscape forest
brain electricity
color quantization
stress
attention
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2024.1495806/full
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