We will be posting primers, journal papers of interest and results from our latest Nature and Brain project here so stay tuned but here are a few tidbits to get you started.Meta-analyses Thorough 2015 meta-analysis by Ethan McMahan and David Estes on the effects of nature contact on positive and negative affects in the Journal of Positive Psychology http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2014.994224 Nature and Rumination Greg Bratmen et al examine how nature can influence brooding using fMRI. www.pnas.org/content/112/28/8567.abstract Eye Movements and Nature Scenes Deltcho Valtchenov and Colin Ellard explore how scenery influences our minds www.researchgate.net/publication/280018393_Cognitive_and_affective_responses_to_natural_scenes_Effects_of_low_level_visual_properties_on_preference_cognitive_load_and_eye-movements Microbiome, Nature and Our Immune System Graham Rook dives into the importance of how nature influences our microbiome http://www.pnas.org/content/110/46/18360.full.pdf The Brain on Beauty Excellent research by Irving Biederman and Edward Vessel on the built-in reward system for our inforvore brains. http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2006/3/perceptual-pleasure-and-the-brain http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2006/3/perceptual-pleasure-and-the-brain Helpful review by neuroaesthetics specialists Anjan Chatterjee and Oshin Vartanian http://ccn.upenn.edu/chatterjee/anjan_pdfs/ChatterjeeVartanianTICSNeuroaesthetics.pdf Nature Imagery in Prisons MSNBC: Weekends with Alex Witt: www.msnbc.com/weekends-with-alex-witt/watch/1-in-5-prison-inmates-solitarily-confined-551597635940 Washington Post: Some Useful Reference Books Places of the Heart: the Psychogeography of Everyday Life by Colin Ellard The Age of Insight: the Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric Kandel Your Brain on Nature by Eva Selhub and Alan Logan Ecopsychology: Science, Totems and the Technological Species edited by Peter Kahn and Pat Hasbach. Blue Mind: The surprising science that shows how being near, in,on or under water can make you happier, healthier, more connected and better at what you do by Wallace J. Nichols.
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