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Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation

Gregory N. Bratman, J. Paul Hamilton, Kevin S. Hahn, Gretchen C. Daily, and James J. Gross
PNAS July 14, 2015 112 (28) 8567-8572; published ahead of print June 29, 2015 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510459112
Gregory N. Bratman
aEmmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
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J. Paul Hamilton
bLaureate Institute for Brain Research, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74136;
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Kevin S. Hahn
cDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
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Gretchen C. Daily
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
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James J. Gross
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  1. 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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vol. 112 no. 28 8567-8572
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510459112
PubMed: 
26124129

Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue July 14, 2015.
  • Published first June 29, 2015.


Author Information

  1. Gregory N. Bratmana,1,
  2. J. Paul Hamiltonb,
  3. Kevin S. Hahnc,
  4. Gretchen C. Dailyd,e,1, and
  5. James J. Grossc
  1. aEmmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
  2. bLaureate Institute for Brain Research, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, OK 74136;
  3. cDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
  4. dCenter for Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, and Woods Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305;
  5. eGlobal Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm 114 18, Sweden
  1. 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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