Interplay among Anxiety, Digital Environmental Exposure, and Cognitive Control: Implications of Natural Settings.
Go/No-Go
anxiety
cognitive control
forest therapy
natural exposition
response inhibition
Journal
Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
ISSN: 2076-328X
Titre abrégé: Behav Sci (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101576826
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 Apr 2024
13 Apr 2024
Historique:
received:
19
02
2024
revised:
04
04
2024
accepted:
11
04
2024
medline:
26
4
2024
pubmed:
26
4
2024
entrez:
26
4
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Inhibitory control performance may differ greatly as a function of individual differences such as anxiety. Nonetheless, how cognitive control proficiency might be influenced by exposure to various environments and how anxiety traits might impact these effects remain unexplored. A cohort of thirty healthy volunteers participated in the study. Participants performed a Go/No-Go task before exposure to a 'forest' and 'urban' virtual environment, in a counterbalanced design, before repeating the GNG task. The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) was finally filled-in. Our findings unveiled an initial negative correlation between anxiety trait levels and GNG task performance, consistent with the established literature attributing difficulties in inhibitory functionality to anxiety. Additionally, different environmental exposures reported opposite trends. Exposure to the 'forest' environment distinctly improved the GNG performance in relation to anxiety traits, while the 'urban' setting demonstrated adverse effects on task performance. These results underscore the intricate relationship among cognitive control, environmental exposure, and trait anxiety. In particular, our findings highlight the potential of natural settings, such as forests, to mitigate the impact of anxiety on inhibition. This might have implications for interventions aimed at improving cognitive control.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38667119
pii: bs14040323
doi: 10.3390/bs14040323
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng