The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students

Many university students have been struggling with multiple challenges that may cause mental fatigue. Exposure to the natural environment is found to have restorative effects on mental fatigue, which can be explained by its benefits in physiological, psychological, and cognitive aspects. While the n...

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Autores principales:	Jiutong Luo, Minhong Wang, Ling Chen
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	nature sounds mobile application psychological well-being cognitive performance university students Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b665e149dbf1464e8ab0b906bfe549bd2021-11-30T17:02:08ZThe Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.699908https://doaj.org/article/b665e149dbf1464e8ab0b906bfe549bd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.699908/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Many university students have been struggling with multiple challenges that may cause mental fatigue. Exposure to the natural environment is found to have restorative effects on mental fatigue, which can be explained by its benefits in physiological, psychological, and cognitive aspects. While the natural environment contains both visual and auditory elements, research on the effects of auditory elements, such as nature sounds, is underdeveloped and limited to laboratory settings. It remains unclear what are the effects of exposure to nature sounds in daily life settings. The study was conducted with 71 students from a university, who were randomly assigned to the experimental group using a nature-sound mobile application in daily life and the control group not using the application. After a 4-week exposure to the intervention, the students in the experimental group outperformed their counterparts in the control group on psychological well-being reflected in positive affect, as well as cognitive performance reflected in flow state, attention (in terms of alerting) and working memory (in terms of accuracy and reaction time). The findings reveal the positive impact of exposure to relaxing nature sounds on university students’ psychological well-being and cognitive performance, as well as the potential of mobile applications to provide easy exposure to nature sounds.Jiutong LuoJiutong LuoJiutong LuoMinhong WangMinhong WangMinhong WangLing ChenLing ChenFrontiers Media S.A.articlenature soundsmobile applicationpsychological well-beingcognitive performanceuniversity studentsPsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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description	Many university students have been struggling with multiple challenges that may cause mental fatigue. Exposure to the natural environment is found to have restorative effects on mental fatigue, which can be explained by its benefits in physiological, psychological, and cognitive aspects. While the natural environment contains both visual and auditory elements, research on the effects of auditory elements, such as nature sounds, is underdeveloped and limited to laboratory settings. It remains unclear what are the effects of exposure to nature sounds in daily life settings. The study was conducted with 71 students from a university, who were randomly assigned to the experimental group using a nature-sound mobile application in daily life and the control group not using the application. After a 4-week exposure to the intervention, the students in the experimental group outperformed their counterparts in the control group on psychological well-being reflected in positive affect, as well as cognitive performance reflected in flow state, attention (in terms of alerting) and working memory (in terms of accuracy and reaction time). The findings reveal the positive impact of exposure to relaxing nature sounds on university students’ psychological well-being and cognitive performance, as well as the potential of mobile applications to provide easy exposure to nature sounds.
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author	Jiutong Luo Jiutong Luo Jiutong Luo Minhong Wang Minhong Wang Minhong Wang Ling Chen Ling Chen
author_facet	Jiutong Luo Jiutong Luo Jiutong Luo Minhong Wang Minhong Wang Minhong Wang Ling Chen Ling Chen
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title	The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students
title_short	The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students
title_full	The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students
title_fullStr	The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students
title_full_unstemmed	The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students
title_sort	effects of using a nature-sound mobile application on psychological well-being and cognitive performance among university students
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/b665e149dbf1464e8ab0b906bfe549bd
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The Effects of Using a Nature-Sound Mobile Application on Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Performance Among University Students

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