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POWER TO HEAL
• VISUAL IMAGES
POWER TO HARM
HAVE A DIRECT
IMPACT ON HEALTH
WHY DO WE IMPACT ON THE BOTTOM
CARE? LINE
AAR CASE STUDIES
• Patients who had a window view requested less
analgesics, and spent less time in the hospital
(Ulrich, 1984)12.
“I Feel, I React”
Fight or
Flight
DANGEROUS
LEAP OF FAITH Nature: Good
Culture?
Context: Age/ Space?
Composition?
Color?
Abstract: Bad
Scale?
Location?
Line of Sight?
BIAS?
EXISTING GUIDELINES FOR APPROPRIATE HEALTHCARE
GUIDELINES AND ART:
• Waterscapes:
DEBATES Calm or Non-turbulent Water
• Landscapes:
– Visual Depth or open foreground
– Trees with broad canopy
– Savannah Landscapes
– Verdant Vegetation
Evolutionary theory – Positive cultural artifacts (e.g. barns and older
houses)
Prospect and Refuge
Elements • Flowers
– Healthy and Fresh
– Familiar
– Gardens with open foreground
• Figurative
– Emotionally positive faces
– Diverse
– Leisurely
(Ulrich et al. 2003)
PERCEPTION
SHAPED BY
CONTEXT Highest Rated in Acute Care Patients
THEORY:
EVOLUTIONARY THEORY
EMOTIONAL CONGRUENCE
HEORY
RESEARCH PRIORITIES:
CHOOSING AN
APPROPRIATE
YARDSTICK
ADDRESSING RESEARCH
BIAS
Rated Low in Pediatrics, and in Long Term Care
PERCEPTION SHAPED • Experienced art viewers (experts)
BY EDUCATION – Preferred art that was intellectually challenging
(more emotionally provocative)
– Disagreed with the notion that art should
produce positive feelings in the general public
– Preferred more challenging styles (i.e. abstract
and representational images)
Winston and Cupchick (1992)
© Kandinsky
ANALYSIS
CONTEXT FACTORS
EDUCATION
SMALLEST EFFECT
3RD LARGEST EFFECT NO CONSISTENT
NO CONSISTENT TREND TREND
28/37 21/37
EMOTION
LARGEST EFFECT,
FEELING > SELECTION
37/37
IMAGE ART TITLE AND STYLE IMAGE DESCRIPTION RESPONSE SUMMARY- 4 FACTOR
ARTIST Culture Education Context Question
FIRST DO NO HARM
QUESTIONS??????
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