Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Koivisto, Mika"
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Affective responses to urban but not to natural scenes depend on inter-individual differences in childhood nature exposure
Koivisto, Mika; Grassini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Do humans have a hard-wired tendency to respond with positive affects to nature or do individual's meanings and learning experiences moderate the affective responses to natural or urban scenes? We studied the relative ... -
Subjective ratings of fear are associated with frontal late positive potential asymmetry, but not with early brain activity over the occipital and centro‐parietal cortices
Grassini, Simone; Sikka, Pilleriin; Revonsuo, Antti; Koivisto, Mika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The human frontal cortex is asymmetrically involved in motivational and affective processing. Several studies have shown that the left‐frontal hemisphere is related to positive and approach‐related affect, whereas the ... -
Top-Down Processing and Nature Connectedness Predict Psychological and Physiological Effects of Nature
Koivisto, Mika; Jalava, Enni; Kuusisto, Lina; Railo, Henry; Grassini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Exposure to natural environments has positive psychological effects. These effects have been explained from an evolutionary perspective, emphasizing humans’ innate preference for natural stimuli. We tested whether top-down ... -
Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography
Grassini, Simone; Segurini, Giulia Virginia; Koivisto, Mika (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)