Scientists have long suspected that exposure to nature may reduce people’s experience of pain, and now there may be research to prove it. A new study led by a team from the University of Vienna ...

Watching nature scenes lessens pain by reducing brain activity linked to pain perception. The corresponding study was published in Nature Communications. "Our study is the first to provide evidence ...

The results were clear: when viewing the nature scene, the participants not only reported less pain but also showed reduced activity in brain regions associated with pain processing. By analyzing ...

For example, the nature scenes included the sounds of water and birds singing, the urban scenes included the sounds of cars and construction work, and the indoor scenes included the sounds of ...

They were shown three different videos: an urban scene, an indoor scene, and a nature scene. All three videos were created with comparable images, sounds, and overall quality to ensure that one ...

Screens shown to the participants displayed three different images: a nature scene, an urban scene and a control scene of a ...