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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.


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William Wordsworth poem:Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern

Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye duringa Tour, July 13, 1798

nature has the power to restore our weary heartsand minds.

describes how the beauty of nature can providesus with tranquil restoration.

point out that city living, whether in the 18th or21st centuries, often causes us to feel depleted,

disconnected, and isolated, with a vague free-floating anxiety, or the painful thought thatnothing makes sense including our own stressfullives.


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HOW NATURE'S BEAUTY

CAN RESTORE YOURSELF

MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY,

AND SPIRITUALLY

Scientific evidence that

being in nature has a

restorative effect

Possible mechanisms of

the restorative effect of

nature

What kinds of natural

settings or

phenomenon can

restore us?


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SCIENTIFIC

EVIDENCE

THAT BEINGIN NATURE

HAS A

RESTORATIVE

EFFECT

Kaplan and Berman (researchers) in Perspectives on

Psychological Science-nature can improve our mental and

physical health.

scientific evidence: beautiful outdoor nature increase the

efficiency of the brain and improve our general psychological

mood.

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.


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Possible mechanisms of the restorative effect

of nature

Kaplan and

Berman-Attention

Restoration

Theory: two types

of attention

involuntary voluntary

restore normal mental

functioning.

quietness and natural visual

relax our bodies and our

minds

Proposes:

moderncivilization

v.s

natural

environments


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What kinds of

natural settings orphenomenon can

restore us?

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

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


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h ts all Thank you

Presenter: LIM WEN QIAN

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