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Psychological and physiological effect in humans of touching plant foliage - using the semantic differential method and cerebral activity as indicators

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Physiological Anthropology, April 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#14 of 298)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)

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7 news outlets
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1 blog
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14 X users
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1 Facebook page
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1 Redditor
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1 Q&A thread

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Title
Psychological and physiological effect in humans of touching plant foliage - using the semantic differential method and cerebral activity as indicators
Published in
Journal of Physiological Anthropology, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1880-6805-32-7
Pubmed ID
Authors

Kazuko Koga, Yutaka Iwasaki

Abstract

Numerous studies have reported on the healing powers of plants and nature, but there have not been so many instances of experimental research. In particular, there are very few psychological and physiological studies using tactile stimuli. This study examines the psychological and physiological effects of touching plant foliage by using an evaluation profile of the subjects' impressions and investigating cerebral blood flow.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 2%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 129 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 23 17%
Student > Bachelor 23 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 8%
Researcher 9 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 5 4%
Other 20 15%
Unknown 42 32%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 10%
Psychology 13 10%
Design 12 9%
Medicine and Dentistry 9 7%
Engineering 7 5%
Other 32 24%
Unknown 47 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 74. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2023.
All research outputs
#549,382
of 24,607,331 outputs
Outputs from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#14
of 298 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#3,660
of 201,195 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Physiological Anthropology
#1
of 3 outputs
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