The benefits of nature experience: Improved affect and cognition

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 41-50

  Bratman, Gregory N ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a   Levy, Benjamin J ^b   Gross, James J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Nature; Negative affect repair; Psychological ecosystem services; Rumination

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EMOTION REGULATIONS; NATURE; NEGATIVE AFFECTS; RUMINATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COGNITION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924043933     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.005     Document Type: Article

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