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Your Brain On Nature: The Science of Nature's Influence on Your Health, Happiness and Vitality

ISBN: 978-1-118-10674-7
Paperback
256 pages
April 2012
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Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Nature on the Brain: From Ancient Intuition to Magnetic Resonance Imaging 7

Chapter 2: Backs to Nature, Sights on Screens: Are We Happy Yet? 35

Chapter 3: Nature and Cognition: What Can Green Do for You? 59

Chapter 4: Something in the Air : Specific Elements of Nature on the Brain 81

Chapter 5: Green Exercise Is Like Exercise Squared 105

Chapter 6: Kingdom Animalia: The Last Stronghold of Nature on the Brain 127

Chapter 7: Practical Nature Inter ventions: Hor ticultural and Wilderness Therapies 151

Chapter 8: The Brain on Nature's Nutrients: Nutri-Ecopsychology 175

Chapter 9: Vis Medicatrix Naturae: The Healing Power of Nature and Ecotherapy 205

Appendix 235

About the Authors 238

Index 240