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It's "forest versus city" though, so it's not even a great non-double-blind. I would have been more interested in "forest versus museum" or "forest versus canal
by ealexhudson 12y ago
It's "forest versus city" though, so it's not even a great non-double-blind. I would have been more interested in "forest versus museum" or "forest versus canal". I don't think anyone has ever claimed cities as having any kind of calming influence.
- lmm 12y agoI'll claim it. When I'm stressed I love to go somewhere full of strangers and just see them all pass by, getting on with their lives. Train stations or the like are particularly good.
- Apofis 12y agoI wonder what your results will be compared to the forest.
- kijin 12y agoYou'll have to control for a major confounding factor: the number of people per unit area. I would hate to take a walk in a forest that has a population density equal to a train station. On the other hand, a train station with a population density equal to a quiet forest might come across as creepy/unsafe.
- keithpeter 12y agoOddly enough, I find sitting in the food market in the centre of one of Europe's largest cities a calming experience. Large open space. Human scale activity. Elemental stuff going on (huge range of food on display, lots of people of all stages in life and backgrounds browsing and buying with cash). Has been going on for a 1000 years or so on same site although modern structures. Not statistical though.
- LaikaF 12y agoHow about peaceful forest vs logging forest (with lots of noise)?