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Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation

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Bratman, Gregory N., Hamilton, J. Paul, Hahn, Kevin S., Daily, Gretchen C., Gross, James J.·2015·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Significance: More than 50% of people now live in urban areas. By 2050 this proportion will be 70%. Urbanization is associated with increased levels of mental illness, but it’s not yet clear why. Through a controlled experiment, we investigated whether nature experience would influence rumination (repetitive thought focused on negative aspects of the self), a known risk factor for mental illness. Participants who went on a 90-min walk through a natural environment reported lower levels of rumination and showed reduced neural activity in an area of the brain linked to risk for mental illness compared with those who walked through an urban environment. These results suggest that accessible natural areas may be vital for mental health in our rapidly urbanizing world.

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Authors
Bratman, G. N., Hamilton, J. P., Hahn, K. S., Daily, G. C., & Gross, J. J.
Affiliations
  • Stanford University (US)
  • Laureate Institute for Brain Research (US)
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (SE)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2015-06-29
Volume
112
Issue
28
Pages
8567-8572
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2120527047
Cited by
932
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 118 · 2025: 124 · 2024: 117 · 2023: 88 · 2022: 90 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 71 · 2019: 81 · 2018: 62 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 13
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33.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Winslow Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Green Space and Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
Keywords
nature experience, rumination, subgenual prefrontal cortex, depression, urbanization, mental illness, nature exposure, urban mental health, psychological well-being
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Thinking, Walking, Prefrontal Cortex

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