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Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults
BACKGROUND: Observing plants can induce neurophysiological responses that can alleviate stress and reduce anxiety. However, few studies have examined such effects in older adults. METHODS: The physiological and psychological effects of observing nature (visual observation of a money plant) on 50 old...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710203/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31305032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1359 |
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author | Hassan, Ahmad Qibing, Chen Yinggao, Liu Tao, Jiang Li, Guo Jiang, Mingyan Nian, Li Bing‐Yang, Lv |
author_facet | Hassan, Ahmad Qibing, Chen Yinggao, Liu Tao, Jiang Li, Guo Jiang, Mingyan Nian, Li Bing‐Yang, Lv |
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description | BACKGROUND: Observing plants can induce neurophysiological responses that can alleviate stress and reduce anxiety. However, few studies have examined such effects in older adults. METHODS: The physiological and psychological effects of observing nature (visual observation of a money plant) on 50 older Chinese women (age range: 58–90 years, SD: 8.5 years) were investigated. The participants observed a healthy money plant in a planter for 5 min; the lack of presence of a plant was used as a control. Physiological measurements were assessed using electroencephalography, and the STAI was used as a psychological assessment. RESULTS: After a 5‐min observation of a money plant as compared with the control condition, systolic blood pressure significantly decreased, variations in both high alpha and high beta brainwaves were found, and psychological measurements revealed lower anxiety scores. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that viewing a money plant for 5 min may enhance both psychological and physiological relaxation in older adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-67102032019-08-28 Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults Hassan, Ahmad Qibing, Chen Yinggao, Liu Tao, Jiang Li, Guo Jiang, Mingyan Nian, Li Bing‐Yang, Lv Brain Behav Original Research BACKGROUND: Observing plants can induce neurophysiological responses that can alleviate stress and reduce anxiety. However, few studies have examined such effects in older adults. METHODS: The physiological and psychological effects of observing nature (visual observation of a money plant) on 50 older Chinese women (age range: 58–90 years, SD: 8.5 years) were investigated. The participants observed a healthy money plant in a planter for 5 min; the lack of presence of a plant was used as a control. Physiological measurements were assessed using electroencephalography, and the STAI was used as a psychological assessment. RESULTS: After a 5‐min observation of a money plant as compared with the control condition, systolic blood pressure significantly decreased, variations in both high alpha and high beta brainwaves were found, and psychological measurements revealed lower anxiety scores. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that viewing a money plant for 5 min may enhance both psychological and physiological relaxation in older adults. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6710203/ /pubmed/31305032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1359 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Brain and Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Hassan, Ahmad Qibing, Chen Yinggao, Liu Tao, Jiang Li, Guo Jiang, Mingyan Nian, Li Bing‐Yang, Lv Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
title | Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
title_full | Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
title_fullStr | Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
title_short | Psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
title_sort | psychological and physiological effects of viewing a money plant by older adults |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6710203/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31305032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1359 |
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