How does nature exposure make people healthier?: Evidence for the role of impulsivity and expanded space perception.

Nature exposure has been linked to a plethora of health benefits, but the mechanism for this effect is not well understood. We conducted two studies to test a new model linking the health benefits of nature exposure to reduced impulsivity in decision-making (as measured by delay discounting) via psy...

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Main Authors: Meredith A Repke, Meredith S Berry, Lucian G Conway, Alexander Metcalf, Reid M Hensen, Conor Phelan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6104990?pdf=render