This interdisciplinary PhD project examines the psychological and physiological restoration (i.e. stress-reducing) potential of the different coastal environments in Belgium. In this research, new technologies (e.g. eye tracking, VR) are integrated into a series of experiments to measure the psychophysiological responses to the coast vs. inland green and urban controls. These experiments are complemented with a large-scale survey that aims to unravel the social structuring of recreational visits to the Belgian coast.
","AbstractOtherLang":"In dit interdisciplinaire doctoraatsproject onderzoekt Alexander Hooyberg hoe verschillende kustomgevingen in België de psychologische en fysiologische stress kunnen verlagen. In een reeks experimenten worden nieuwe technologieën (bv. eye tracking, VR) geïntegreerd om de psychofysiologische reacties op de kust versus groene en stedelijke controles in het binnenland te meten. Deze experimenten worden aangevuld met een grootschalig vragenlijst-onderzoek dat tot doel heeft de sociale structurering van recreatief bezoek aan de Belgische kust te ontrafelen.
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