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Human Attention Restoration, Flow, and Creativity
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: Received: 1 March 2024 / Approved: 4 March 2024 / Online: 4 March 2024 (10:37:04 CET)
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Pham, T.P.; Sanocki, T. Human Attention Restoration, Flow, and Creativity: A Conceptual Integration. J. Imaging 2024, 10, 83. Pham, T.P.; Sanocki, T. Human Attention Restoration, Flow, and Creativity: A Conceptual Integration. J. Imaging 2024, 10, 83.
Abstract
In today’s fast paced, attention-demanding society, executive functions and attentional resources are often taxed. Individuals need ways to sustain and restore these resources. We first review the concepts of attention and restoration, as instantiated in Attention Restoration Theory (ART). ART emphasizes the role of nature in restoring attention. We then discuss essentials of experiments on the causal influences of nature. Next, we expand the concept of ART to include modern, designed environments. We propose a wider perspective termed attentional ecology, in which attention behavior is viewed within a larger system involving the human and their interactions over time with environmental demands. When the ecology is optimal, mental functioning can be a positive “flow” that is productive, sustainable for the individual, and sometimes creative.
Keywords
attention; executive attention; attention restoration; attentional ecology; nature; flow; creativity
Subject
Social Sciences, Cognitive Science
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