The impacts of nature experience on human cognitive function and mental health

By G. Bratman, J. Hamilton, Gretchen Daily. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2012

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science, Speech and Hearing

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Humans and Nature: How Knowing and Experiencing Nature Affect Well-Being (2013, background): “, References 17 and 18), and mental health (19, 20), have been quite intensively studied (21) but usually independent of one another.”
Awe, the small self, and prosocial behavior. (2015, background): “The nonnature-based induction of awe was an awe-inspiring video consisting entirely of nonnature imagery; it did not depict scenes of the natural environment (e.g., mountains, lakes, or forests) or living organisms (e.g., plants, nonhuman animals; Bratman et al., 2012).”
Enhancing urban biodiversity and its influence on city-dwellers: An experiment (2014, background): “Although the causal mechanisms of nature’s impact are not yet clear, two main theories, ‘stress reduction’ and ‘attention restoration’ demonstrating and explaining these impacts, are well established (reviewed by Bratman et al., 2012).”
Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation (2015, background): “By accounting for these psychological ecosystem services (40), we can better assess the value that natural areas provide with respect to mental health, an essential issue given the significant contribution of depression and other mental illnesses to the global burden of disease (41).”
Relationship between street scale and subjective assessment of audio-visual environment comfort based on 3D virtual reality and dual-channel acoustic tests (2018, methodology): “The at titudes of respondents were measured using Likert scale that has been widely used in survey research of environmental effects on subjective comfort, although ICBEN scale is applicable and has been utilized in previous studies [31-33].”
40-second green roof views sustain attention: The role of micro-breaks in attention restoration (2015, background): “Previous research shows benefits after minutes-to-hours viewing nature (see Bratman et al., 2012 for a review).”
Exploring the link between neighborhood environment and mental wellbeing: A case study in Beijing, China (2017, background): “These studies suggest that greenspace and landscape may improve one’s mental status through three mechanisms: 1) attention restoration; 2) stress reduction; and 3) evoking positive emotions (Abraham et al., 2010; Bratman et al., 2012).”
Green Walls for a Restorative Classroom Environment: A Controlled Evaluation Study (2017, result): “The positive effects of the green wall on children’s selective attention are in line with previous studies showing that a natural environment can support and enhance cognitive functioning in both children and adults (for a review, see Bratman, Hamilton, & Daily, 2012).”