著者

Bum-Jin Park Yuko Tsunetsugu Tamami Kasetani Hideki Hirano Takahide Kagawa Masahiko Sato Yoshifumi Miyazaki

出版者

Japan Society of Physiological Anthropology

雑誌

Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY (ISSN:18806791)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.26, no.2, pp.123-128, 2007 (Released:2007-04-15)

参考文献数

12

被引用文献数

79 287

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The purpose of this study is to examine the physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the atmosphere of the forest). The subjects were 12 male students (22.8±1.4 yr). On the first day of the experiments, one group of 6 subjects was sent to a forest area, and the other group of 6 subjects was sent to a city area. On the second day, each group was sent to the opposite area for a cross check. In the forenoon, the subjects were asked to walk around their given area for 20 minutes. In the afternoon, they were asked to sit on chairs and watch the landscapes of their given area for 20 minutes. Cerebral activity in the prefrontal area and salivary cortisol were measured as physiological indices in the morning at the place of accommodation, before and after walking in the forest or city areas during the forenoon, and before and after watching the landscapes in the afternoon in the forest and city areas, and in the evening at the place of accommodation. The results indicated that cerebral activity in the prefrontal area of the forest area group was significantly lower than that of the group in the city area after walking; the concentration of salivary cortisol in the forest area group was significantly lower than that of the group in the city area before and after watching each landscape. The results of the physiological measurements show that Shinrin-yoku can effectively relax both people's body and spirit.

著者

Masahiko Sato

出版者

Research Institute forMathematical Sciences

雑誌

Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (ISSN:00345318)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.13, no.2, pp.381-468, 1977 (Released:2009-01-22)

参考文献数

44

被引用文献数

28