Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures
IntroductionUrban cultural heritage sites bear the cultural functions of a city, hold spiritual and cultural value, can recall emotional memories, and serve the cultural leisure activities of the residents. Urban cultural heritage sites can help citizens perceive a sense of belonging and a feeling o...
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| author | ShuSheng Wang ShuSheng Wang Yuqian Xu Yuqian Xu Xinyi Yang Yuan Zhang Pei Yan Pei Yan Yuan Jiang Kai Wang Kai Wang Kai Wang |
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| description | IntroductionUrban cultural heritage sites bear the cultural functions of a city, hold spiritual and cultural value, can recall emotional memories, and serve the cultural leisure activities of the residents. Urban cultural heritage sites can help citizens perceive a sense of belonging and a feeling of relaxation, but whether and to what extent cultural heritage sites affect mental health remains unknown.MethodsBased on attention restoration theory, multiple research methods are adopted in this study to examine the impact of cultural heritage on human restorative mechanisms. Five representative cultural heritage sites from the cultural heritage-rich city of Xi'an are selected as the research object. In addition, a questionnaire survey and physiological experiments are conducted. Perceived restorative scale, skin conductance response, heart rate variability, and eye movement data while viewing photographs of the cases are collected from the participants.ResultsResults show that cultural heritage sites have psychophysiological restorative effects, which are especially significant in the fascination dimension. Moreover, historical buildings can promote the restorative effects of cultural heritage sites.DiscussionThis finding may lead to new conservation and innovation planning strategies considering the mental health effects of cultural heritage. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fa73b6c0a1e4adab1a07eb72b0e449c2023-05-17T13:12:48ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-05-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.11320521132052Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measuresShuSheng Wang0ShuSheng Wang1Yuqian Xu2Yuqian Xu3Xinyi Yang4Yuan Zhang5Pei Yan6Pei Yan7Yuan Jiang8Kai Wang9Kai Wang10Kai Wang11State Key Laboratory of Green Building in Western China, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Building in Western China, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Building in Western China, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaChina Academy of Urban-Rural Development and Cultural Heritage, Xi'an, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Green Building in Western China, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaCollege of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi'an, ChinaChina Academy of Urban-Rural Development and Cultural Heritage, Xi'an, ChinaIntroductionUrban cultural heritage sites bear the cultural functions of a city, hold spiritual and cultural value, can recall emotional memories, and serve the cultural leisure activities of the residents. Urban cultural heritage sites can help citizens perceive a sense of belonging and a feeling of relaxation, but whether and to what extent cultural heritage sites affect mental health remains unknown.MethodsBased on attention restoration theory, multiple research methods are adopted in this study to examine the impact of cultural heritage on human restorative mechanisms. Five representative cultural heritage sites from the cultural heritage-rich city of Xi'an are selected as the research object. In addition, a questionnaire survey and physiological experiments are conducted. Perceived restorative scale, skin conductance response, heart rate variability, and eye movement data while viewing photographs of the cases are collected from the participants.ResultsResults show that cultural heritage sites have psychophysiological restorative effects, which are especially significant in the fascination dimension. Moreover, historical buildings can promote the restorative effects of cultural heritage sites.DiscussionThis finding may lead to new conservation and innovation planning strategies considering the mental health effects of cultural heritage.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1132052/fullhistorical buildingcultural heritageelectrophysiology responseeye movementfascinationrestorative |
| spellingShingle | ShuSheng Wang ShuSheng Wang Yuqian Xu Yuqian Xu Xinyi Yang Yuan Zhang Pei Yan Pei Yan Yuan Jiang Kai Wang Kai Wang Kai Wang Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures Frontiers in Psychology historical building cultural heritage electrophysiology response eye movement fascination restorative |
| title | Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures |
| title_full | Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures |
| title_fullStr | Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures |
| title_short | Urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative: an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures |
| title_sort | urban cultural heritage is mentally restorative an experimental study based on multiple psychophysiological measures |
| topic | historical building cultural heritage electrophysiology response eye movement fascination restorative |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1132052/full |
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