To address sensory overload, mental fatigue, or stress from living in an urban environment a restorative environment is recommended. This study explores the effect that setting and a meditative labyrinth experience has on affect, tranquility, and executive attention functioning. The study placed 60 participants into four treatments settings: a labyrinth in an urban setting, with and without meditation, and a labyrinth in a natural setting, with and without meditation. Executive attention functioning was higher for the meditation group rather than the no meditation group. Results also showed that the nature setting with no meditation had the highest effect on tranquility, and the urban area with no meditation had the lowest effect on tranquility.
