This study aimed to investigate the relationship between parent attitudes to risk and injury, and their elementary school-aged child’s daily adventurous play.
This study investigates the effects of natural exposure in an indoor environment on restorative quality and cognitive ability.
Effects of nature on restorative and cognitive benefits in indoor environment Read More »
Despite an increased drive over the past two decades in Western societies to promote children’s physically active play to improve their health, there are concerns that childhood has become less physically active.
Slower epigenetic aging is associated with exposure to green space (greenness); however, the longitudinal relationship has not been well studied, particularly in minority groups.
Nature play is growing in popularity, with many early childhood settings transforming their outdoor play environments to incorporate more natural elements.
Abstract Contact with natural environments is associated with good health and well-being. Although childhood nature experiences may be important in the development of an individual’s relationship with nature and subsequent well-being, previous studies have tended to focus on ‘nature’ in general, and the mechanisms by which childhood experiences influence well-being in adulthood remain insufficiently studied.
Children and adults spend large amounts of their leisure time using screen media, which may affect their health and behavior.
Physical inactivity is a major public health concern. Natural, or semi-natural, environments may encourage physical activity, but the influences of socio-economic factors have been under-researched.
Infancy is the foundational period for learning from adults, and the dynamics of the social environment have long been considered central to children’s development.
Infant and Adult Brains Are Coupled to the Dynamics of Natural Communication Read More »
Exposure to nature improves cognitive performance through a process of cognitive restoration. However, few studies have explored the effect in children, and no studies have explored how eye movements “in the wild” with mobile eye tracking technology contribute to the restoration process. Our results demonstrated that just a 30-min walk in a natural environment was