South Africans were in a celebratory mood when a group of graduates dressed in traditional Xhosa attire strutted their stuff across the lawn of their university. The crew of educated individuals ...

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 ...

Surprisingly, the differences were striking. Pain perception was much lower when they looked at nature scenes than when they looked at urban or indoor scenes. And this was not only mental ...

PARIS, March 16 — Simply looking at nature — or even ... The first scene depicted a lake surrounded by trees blowing in the wind, while the sounds of rustling leaves and birdsong played in the ...

The team discovered that the raw sensory signals the brain receives when something hurts were reduced when watching a carefully designed, high quality, virtual nature scene. The study confirmed ...

PARIS - Simply looking at nature ... The first scene depicted a lake surrounded by trees blowing in the wind, while the sounds of rustling leaves and birdsong played in the background.

Scans monitoring the brains of 49 people showed that pain was reduced in intensity when participants were shown videos of nature rather than a city or office scene. Participants were given minor ...

"Of a Smokey, of a scene, of something," said artist Gary Embich as he sketched the mountainous scene. "I depicted him there because it's the most urban wildlife refuge in the United States," he ...

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 ...

“So this would be a classic placebo effect.” However, a study led by Steininger, published on Thursday, found that exposure to nature scenes actually changes responses in the brain that are ...

The team discovered that the raw sensory signals the brain receives when something hurts were reduced when watching a carefully designed, high quality, virtual nature scene. The study confirmed ...