Media contributions
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Title Effects of walking in nature on the brain Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The Guardian Media type Print Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 25/02/20 Description the relevant excerpt from Lucy Jones' article on 25th February 2020:
"It turns out that these walks may have been affecting my brain in immediate and significant ways. Researchers in Edinburgh asked a group of people to walk from a busy urban space to a public park, or vice versa. Both groups started with a high stress response. What was interesting was how green space seemed to have a buffering effect on the stresses of the urban area. Those who started in green space and walked into a busy built-up space experienced an increase in alpha brainwaves – the electrical activity of the brain associated with relaxation. Nature seemed to undo the stress of the city, in the moment."
The online version of the article links to a peer-reviewed research article that was produced as part of the Mobility, Mood and Place project (PI Catharine Ward Thompson) and we have since published another paper on the same research.Producer/Author Lucy Jones Persons Catharine Ward Thompson, Sara Tilley, Agnes Patuano, Richard Coyne, Neil Thin, Jenny Roe, Chris Neale, Steve Cinderby, Peter Aspinall, Panos Mavros