Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 28, 2015, Pages 8567-8572

  Bratman, Gregory N ^a   Hamilton, J Paul ^b   Hahn, Kevin S ^a   Daily, Gretchen C ^a,c   Gross, James J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; Environmental neuroscience; Nature experience; Psychological ecosystem services; Rumination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL SCIENCE; NATURE EXPERIENCE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RUMINATION; SELF REPORT; SUBGENUAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING; WALKING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THINKING; WALKING;

EID: 84937242916     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510459112     Document Type: Article

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