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. 2026 Mar 17;23(3):377. doi: 10.3390/ijerph23030377
Physiological Measures
ATQ Attention Quotient
ASQ Anti-Stress Quotient
BEN Brain Entropy
BP Blood Pressure
EEG Electroencephalography
FAA Functional Alpha Asymmetry
FC Functional Connectivity
fMRI Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
fNIRS Functional NearInfrared Spectroscopy
HR Heart Rate
HRV Heart Rate Variability
O2Hb Oxyhemoglobin
Psychological Assessments
AS Attention Scale
C/S-Q Comfort and Safety Questionnaire
EQ-5D EuroQol-5 Dimensions
FAS Felt Arousal Scale
FS Feeling Scale
GDS Geriatric Depression Scale
GSES Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale
MAAS Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
MoCA Montreal Cognitive Assessment
PACES Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale
PANAS Positive and Negative Affect Schedule
POMS Profile of Mood States
PQ Presence Questionnaire
PRS Perceived Restorative Scale
PS Pleasantness Scale
PSS Perceived Stress Scale
RES Restoration Environment Scale
RQS Restorative Quality Scale
SA Satisfaction Scale
SAM Self-Assessment Manikin
SCT Stroop Color Task
SDS Self-Rating Depression Scale
SES Self Esteem Scale
SDS Semantic Differential Scale
SMS-PA State Mindfulness Scale for Physical Activity
SS Stress Scale
STAI State-Trait anxiety Inventory
UWIST-MACL University of Wales Institute of
Technology Mood Adjective Check List
VAS Visual Analog Scale
Regions of Interest 
AAL Automated Anatomical Labeling
BA Brodmann Area
Cu Cuneus
DAN Dorsal Attention Network
DMN Default Mode Network
dPCC Dorsal Posterior Cingulate
LdlPFC Left Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
LOFC Left Orbitofrontal Cortex
MD Medial Dorsal Nucleus of the Thalamus
mFG Middle Frontal Gyrus
MOC Middle Occipital Cortex
Oc Occipital Lobe
OFC Orbitofrontal Cortex
PCG Precentral Gyrus
PFC Prefrontal Cortex
PMC Premotor Cortex
RdlPFC Right Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex
ROFC Right Orbitofrontal Cortex
SMA Supplementary Motor Area
SPL Superior Parietal Lobule
STG Superior Temporal Gyrus
TBG Tuber Gray Matter
vPCC Ventral Posterior Cingulate Cortex
Others
ART Attention Restoration Theory
CI Confidence Interval
EPHPP Effective Public Health Practice Project
GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder
MoBI Mobile Brain–Body Imaging
PRISMA Preferred Reporting Items for
Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses
ROIs Regions of Interest
SE Standard Error
SRT Stress Reduction Theory
VR Virtual Reality