The impact of Animal Presence in Grazing Landscapes Image on Human Psychological and Physiological Responses.

Abstract

This study focused on grazing landscapes, in which animals (sheep) naturally coexist within the scenery, and I examined how the presence of animals in pasture landscape images influences human impressions, emotional states, and autonomic nervous system activity. The results indicated that exposure to pastoral landscape images led to a decrease in NA scores (negative affect) and an increase in CA scores (calmness), regardless of the presence of sheep, suggesting a psychological calming effect. Additionally, images containing sheep were rated higher in subjective impressions such as “cute” and “desire to touch” compared to those without sheep.