Many people have the intuition that interacting with natural environments benefits their
psychological health. But what has research actually demonstrated about the benefits of nature …

It is commonly assumed that cities are detrimental to mental health. However, the evidence
remains inconsistent and at most, makes the case for differences between rural and urban …

Interactions with natural environments and nature-related stimuli have been found to be
beneficial to cognitive performance, in particular on executive cognitive tasks with high demands …

Nature interactions have been demonstrated to produce reliable affective benefits. While
adults demonstrate strong preferences for natural environments over urban ones, it is not clear …

Adults demonstrate aesthetic preferences for natural environments over urban ones. This
preference has influenced theories like Biophilia to explain why nature is beneficial. While both …

Prior research has shown that the physical characteristics of one’s environment have wide
ranging effects on affect and cognition. Other research has demonstrated that one’s thoughts …

Many recent studies have demonstrated that environmental contexts, both social and physical,
have an important impact on child and adolescent neural and behavioral development. …

Huth et al.(1) claim that our finding of lower depression rates in larger US cities (2) is “unwarranted.”
Their argument is based on an oversight of our fundamental assumption articulating …

Research has consistently shown differences in affect and cognition after exposure to different
physical environments. The time course of these differences emerging or fading during …

Crime is a costly societal issue. While many factors influence urban crime, one less-studied
but potentially important factor is neighborhood greenspace. Research has shown that …