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He also reveals how central attention is to all of these functions, and how interactions with nature can restore it. \u003ci\u003eNature and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is both an introduction to a revolutionary new scientific field and a helpful guide to better living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these pages, he draws on his original research and research from others and shares life-altering findings such as: \u003cbr\u003e-Just eleven more trees on your street can decrease cardio-metabolic disorders like stroke, diabetes, and heart disease.\u003cbr\u003e-A short walk in nature can improve attention by almost twenty percent, decrease depression symptoms, and make people feel more spiritual and self-reflective.\u003cbr\u003e-More greenspace around schools and homes is related to better school performance, reduced crime, and improved working memory.\u003cbr\u003e-Many of these effects can be achieved even if you don't like nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an engaging and approachable style, Dr. Berman offers the nature prescription for physical health, mental health, and social health. Importantly, you don't have to pack up your house and move to the country to participate. The nature prescription includes practical ways to bring the outside indoors and to \"naturize\" our spaces, no matter where you live. The positive effects of nature don't just end at the individual; contact with nature can make people more caring towards one another, promote economic and racial justice, encourage people to care more for the environment, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking guide explains why and how nature is good for our brains and bodies and gives us a window into fundamental aspects of our psychology and physiology that can be improved through interactions with nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[A] fascinating and ambitious new book... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is for everyone from the adept to the uninitiated - it isn't simply written to educate and entertain, it is a call to action.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] argues that coming into contact with nature on pretty much any scale--from a sprawling national park to a local garden to a greened-up indoor space--can redirect and restore our often frazzled and overwrought minds.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eMen's Health\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] argues that access to nature should be seen as a human right, rather than a nice perk...While Berman is clearly frustrated by our tendency to underestimate how much we need nature, there is a strongly optimistic thread running through his highly readable and jargon-free account.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndark\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Too often we are divorced from [nature], and Dr. Marc Berman believes this is a critical mistake with adverse consequences... [Nature and the Mind] is a significant achievement, and avid readers of science will find much here to ponder.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eBill Thompson, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePost and Courier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A singularly significant book... It's brilliant and persuasive.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"An eye-opening book about how green and blue spaces can transform our thoughts and our lives. Marc Berman is a pioneering environmental neuroscientist, and he makes a compelling case that nature plays a vital role in our mental, social, and physical health.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eAdam Grant, #1 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThink Again \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHidden Potential\u003c\/i\u003e, and host of the podcast Re: Thinking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Marc Berman is a brilliant academic star of the new nature movement, and his pioneering new book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is sure to become a seminal force in the burgeoning new field of environmental neuroscience.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Louv, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLast Child in the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nature Principle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature and the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e] underscores the importance of protecting our natural world and creating more green space in urban environments.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Berman lays out how our natural environment can help restore people's frazzled, overstimulated nervous systems.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Marc Berman \u003c\/strong\u003eis the world's leading environmental neuroscientist, and founder and director of the Environmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Chicago. He is the winner of the Association for Psychological Science Early Career Research Award and the American Psychological Association Early Career Award. He is professor and chair of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago as well as codirector of the Masters of Computational Social Science program. 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