Tadhg MacIntyre

Analysis: Two Irish studies have explored whether virtual nature can help alleviate test-related stress for students By Tadhg MacIntyre, Maynooth University and Annalisa Setti, UCC Virtual Reality can make us 'be somewhere else', for example a greener place, to help us feel better here and now, and can also help us plan for a better future. But how? It was the start of exams’ week and James was anxious. Like many students, he struggled with test anxiety.

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Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract Promoting mental health addresses a global societal challenge. Nature connectedness, or relatedness to natural systems, is associated with increased well-being and mental health. Among urban populations, nature connectedness has been reported as lower. Nature connectedness in urban settings has been somewhat overlooked by researchers.