In Study 1 ( n = 68), an eye-tracker recorded the participants’ tonic pupil diameter during the SARTs, providing a measure of alertness. In both studies, participants performed the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) before and immediately after viewing a meadow, ocean, or urban image for 40 s, and then completed the Perceived Restorativeness Scale. Exposure to nature may improve attention performance through many means: modulation of alertness and one’s connection to nature were investigated here, in two separate studies. For sustained attention-the ongoing application of focus to a task, the effect appears to be modest, and the underlying mechanisms of attention restoration remain unclear. 3School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, AustraliaĪttention Restoration Theory proposes that exposure to natural environments helps to restore attention.2UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Johnson 1 * Annabelle Pontvianne 1 Vi Ly 1 Rui Jin 1 Jonathan Haris Januar 1 Keitaro Machida 1 Leisa D.
