Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation
Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation
Gregory N. Bratman,J. P. Hamilton,3 Authors,J. Gross
2015 · DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510459112
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 765 Citations
TLDR
A pathway by which nature experience may improve mental well-being is revealed and it is suggested that accessible natural areas within urban contexts may be a critical resource for mental health in the authors' rapidly urbanizing world.