Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Koivisto, Mika"
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Affective responses to urban but not to natural scenes depend on inter-individual differences in childhood nature exposure
Koivisto, Mika; Grassini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Do humans have a hard-wired tendency to respond with positive affects to nature or do individual's meanings and learning experiences moderate the affective responses to natural or urban scenes? We studied the relative ... -
Best humans still outperform artificial intelligence in a creative divergent thinking task
Koivisto, Mika; Grassini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-09)Creativity has traditionally been considered an ability exclusive to human beings. However, the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has resulted in generative AI chatbots that can produce high-quality artworks, ... -
Mental imagery of nature induces positive psychological effects.
Koivisto, Mika; Grassini, Simone (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Exposure to natural environments promotes positive psychological effects. Experimental studies on this issue typically have not been able to distinguish the contributions of top-down processes from stimulus-driven bottom-up ... -
Watching Nature Videos Promotes Physiological Restoration: Evidence From the Modulation of Alpha Waves in Electroencephalography
Grassini, Simone; Segurini, Giulia Virginia; Koivisto, Mika (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)Various lines of evidence have shown that nature exposure is beneficial for humans. Despite several empirical findings pointing out to cognitive and emotional positive effects, most of the evidence of these effects are ...