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The present study analyzes the contribution which natural elements in the city make to restorativeness, that is, the potential of certain environments to help recover the capacity to focus attention, reduce mental fatigue, and reduce stress. We presented photographs of 12 urban scenes (streets, industrial areas, and buildings) with and without vegetation to 214 university students, divided into 12 groups who then completed the Perceived Restorativeness Scale. The results support the hypothesis, i.e., urban environments with natural elements yield higher restorativeness than urban environments lacking these.
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Hernández et al. (2005) studied this question.
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