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  • Environmental Psychology
  • Human-Environment Interaction
  • Physiological Psychology

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  • Stress is a significant public health issue linked to over 30 diseases.
  • Research on stress primarily focuses on physical and psychological factors, with limited attention to residential environmental elements.
  • Indoor flooring is a key residential feature with prolonged human body contact, making it a potential stress influencer.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of indoor flooring materials on perceived psychological stress.
  • To objectively measure stress responses associated with walking on carpet versus wood flooring.

Main Methods:

  • Forty-two healthy participants walked on carpet and wood flooring for 10 minutes each.
  • Electroencephalogram (EEG) and skin impedance were recorded during each walking task.

Main Results:

  • Higher alpha-wave content in EEG data was observed after walking on carpet compared to wood flooring.
  • Elevated skin impedance values were recorded immediately after walking on carpet versus wood flooring.

Conclusions:

  • Walking on carpeting appears to induce less psychological stress than walking on wood flooring.
  • Indoor flooring material choice may influence physiological stress responses.