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Virtual forest bathing found to alleviate stress
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has demonstrated in a recent pilot study that virtual forest bathing can improve emotional well-being—especially if the virtual natural environment appeals to multiple senses, such as hearing, sight and smell, at once.
"It's nice, isn't it? Listen to the birds sing, this completely green landscape...", so begins the invitation that La Tarde launches to go into a very particular walk: one without direction, without hurry, without clock. But this walk, they tell us, is not just any walk. It's what experts call "woodbaths." This practice, known in Japanese as Shinrin Yoku, does not consist in hiking or intense exercise. It's something much more conscious. Accordi…
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