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Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation
Contributed by Gretchen C. Daily, May 28, 2015 (sent for review March 9, 2015; reviewed by Leslie Baxter, Elliot T. Berkman, and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg)

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- Published in issue July 14, 2015.
- Published first June 29, 2015.
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- Gregory N. Bratmana,1,
- J. Paul Hamiltonb,
- Kevin S. Hahnc,
- Gretchen C. Dailyd,e,1, and
- James J. Grossc
- aEmmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
- bLaureate Institute for Brain Research, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74136;
- cDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
- dCenter for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, and Woods Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
- eGlobal Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm 114 18, Sweden
Contributed by Gretchen C. Daily, May 28, 2015 (sent for review March 9, 2015; reviewed by Leslie Baxter, Elliot T. Berkman, and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg)
Footnotes
- ↵1To whom correspondence may be addressed. Email: gbratman{at}stanford.edu or gdaily{at}stanford.edu.
Author contributions: G.N.B., J.P.H., and J.J.G. designed research; G.N.B. performed research; G.N.B., J.P.H., K.S.H., and J.J.G. analyzed data; and G.N.B., J.P.H., K.S.H., G.C.D., and J.J.G. wrote the paper.
Reviewers: L.B., Barrow Neurological Institute; E.T.B., University of Oregon; and A.M.-L., Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1510459112/-/DCSupplemental.
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