Technological developments in recent decades have increased young people's
engagement with screen-based technologies (screen time), and a reduction in young …

Ecosystems provide many of the material building blocks for human well-being. Although
quantification and appreciation of such contributions have rapidly grown, our dependence …

Review of the evidence on, and fundamental questions about, efforts to improve executive
functions, including working memory Page 166 8 Review of the Evidence on, and Fundamental …

The restoration perspective on human adaptation offers a broad view of relations between
environment and health; however, it remains underutilized as a source of insight for nature …

The demand for mental health services around the world has risen dramatically. Many
researchers and practitioners are looking for alternative mental health treatments, including …

Calls for society to 'reconnect with nature'are commonplace in the scientific literature and
popular environmental discourse. However, the expression is often used haphazardly …

A field experiment examined whether increasing opportunities for face-to-face interaction
while eliminating the use of screen-based media and communication tools improved …

Decades of research in environmental psychology have shown that contact with natural
environments has restorative, stress-ameliorating effects. At present, researchers in the …

There is a growing recognition of the need for daily contact with nature, to live happy,
productive, meaningful lives. Recent attention to biophilic design among architects and …

Evidence suggests that contemporary children are spending less time outdoors than their
predecessors. Concurrent reports also highlight the rise of electronic media use in the lives …