Table 1.
University of Wales Institute of science and technology mood adjective checklist (UMACL) for assessment of the psychological parameters of zoo visitors’ moods.
Table 2.
Demographic and zoo experience-related descriptive statistics for the health study participants of an immersive exhibit experience at a zoological institution.
Fig 1.
Study participant average systolic blood pressure before and after the River’s Edge experience at the Saint Louis Zoo.
Fig 2.
Study participant average diastolic blood pressure before and after the River’s Edge experience at the Saint Louis Zoo.
Fig 3.
Percent of study participants categorized by systolic blood pressure categories, pre and post the River’s Edge experience.
Fig 4.
Percent of study participants categorized by diastolic blood pressure categories, pre and post River’s Edge experience.
Fig 5.
Study participant average salivary cortisol concentrations before and after the River’s Edge experience at the Saint Louis Zoo.
Fig 6.
Study participant average UMACL scores for tense arousal (TA), energetic arousal (EA), and hedonic tone (HT) before and after the River’s Edge experience at the Saint Louis Zoo.
Fig 7.
Study participants’ hedonic tone (HT) over time by first or return visit to the River’s Edge experience.
Different letters designate significant differences based on the Tukey adjustment for multiple mean comparisons at α = 0.05.
Fig 8.
Study participants’ tense arousal (TA) over time by whether or not they had a close-up encounter with the most engaging animal during the River’s Edge experience.
Different letters designate significant differences based on the Tukey adjustment for multiple mean comparisons at α = 0.05.