Index
Abbott, Robert
academic performance
academic settings, plants/animals in
added sugars
addictions
Ade, Lester K.
Adirondack forests
adolescents
advertising
aerial pesticide use
aerobic fitness
aerobic metabolism
aggression
aging
agribusiness
air travel
airborne aromatic chemicals
airborne environmental pollutants
air-conditioning
alcohol
alertness
allergies
alpha wave activity
altruism (See also empathy)
Alzheimer's disease (See also dementia)
American Time Use Survey
Amusing Ourselves to Death (Postman)
amygdalae
anger
animal fats
animals
anterior cingulate
anterior temporal pole
antianxiety drugs
antidepressants
antioxidant defense system
antioxidants
antiviral cells
anxiety
aquariums
Arnold, Peter J.
aromatherapy
aromatic phytoncides (See also aromatherapy)
arousal
artificial light
athletic performance
attention deficit disorder (ADD)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
attention restoration theory (ART)
attention
autism
B vitamins
Bacillus bulgaricus
bacteria, beneficial
Balmori, Alfonso
Bartlett, Peggy
basal ganglia
Bateman, Newton
beauty of nature
beta wave activity
Bifidobacteria
biodiversity
biophilia
bipolar disorder
birds
birdsong
blood glucose
blood lactate
blood pressure (See also hypertension)
blood-brain barrier
blue light
Borgmann, Albert
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCA)
brain cells
brain fog
brain foods
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
breast cancer
Breña, Juan
Buber, Renate
Burroughs, John
caffeine
calm
Cammaerts, Marie-Claire
Camp Cure (Weir)
camp therapy
Campbell, W. Keith
cancer
candy
carbohydrates
cardiovascular disease
Carson, Rachel
cats
cell phones
Celsus, Cornelius
Central Park (NY)
cereals
Chiba University
children
chromium
cities
Clark University
climate change
Clinical Rehabilitation
cocoa
cod-liver oil
cognitive fatigue
cognitive flexibility
cognitive function
and animal interactions
and exercise
and gardening
and indoor plants
and light
and negative ions
and neural arousal/stimulation
and supplementation
and wilderness experience
dietary link
foods that promote
impact of cyber revolution
cognitive restoration, importance of
colds
color
community gardens
compulsive checking
computers
concentration
Connectedness to Nature Scale
Connectivity to Nature Scale
conservation volunteerism
consumer choice
consumer psychologists
contamination, fear of
contemplation
convenience foods
cortisol,117
craving, breaking cycle
C-reactive protein
creativity
criminal behavior
cybernetic revolution
cyber-utopia
cycle-to-exhaustion test
cytokines
“daily hassles”
dairy
Davies, C. Mervyn
dementia
depression
Detweiler, Peter
DHA (docosahexaenoic acid)
DHEA (dehydropiandrosterone)
diabetes
diet
and aging
and anxiety
and cognition
and crime
and depression
and gardening
and inflammation
and oxidative stress
balanced
during pregnancy/lactation
high-fat
whole-foods
dietary fats
directed attention fatigue
distractions/distractibility
distress
Dixon, John
Docx, Edward
Dog for every Patient program
dogs
dopamine
Douglas, Gilean
ecological momentary assessment
ecopsychiatry
ecopsychology
ecotherapists
ecotherapy
Egger, Garry
electrocardiograms (EKGs)
electroencephalographs (EEGs)
electromagnetic light therapy
electromagnetic radiation
electromyography
emotional intelligence
empathy
energy drinks
energy
environmental overload
environmental therapeutics
Environmental Working Group (EWG)
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid)
essential fats
Esser, Aristide, H.
evergreen trees
evolutionary store design
executive functioning
exercise
adherence to
and brain health
and depression
and mental health
and nerve growth factors
and oxidative stress
and stress management
breaks for
cognitive benefits
documenting
duration
indoor vs outdoor
intensity
making time for
matching
mindful
motivation
nocebo response
on nonuniform surfaces
placebo response
scientific support for
setting goals
voluntary vs involuntary
exergaming (See also video games)
exotic animals
extrinsic life aspirations
farmed fish
farmers’ markets
farms/farming
fascination
fast food
fatigue
fear
fermented foods
Ferris, Albert W.
fiber
fibromyalgia
ficus plants
fish oil
fish/seafood (See also forage fish)
flour
flower gardens
fluorescent light
Flynn effect
Flynn, James
focus
folate
folic acid
food addiction
food additives
food labels
Food, Inc. (film)
Foods (Smith)
forage fish
“foreign invaders” hypothesis
forest camp programs
forest medicine
forest runs
forest walks (See also shinrin-yoku)
formaldehyde
free radicals (See also oxidative stress)
Freeman, Marlene P.
Free-Range Kids (Skenazy)
Friedmann, Erika
frogs
fruits and vegetables
frustration
Fuller, Richard A.
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)
Galen
gardening
Gernsback, Hugo
giant panda
Gibson, William, C.
Gordon, J. Berkeley
Graumann, Carl
gray space
green exercise
green/water combination
greens+
greenspace
Groenewegen, Peter P.
group walking
guilt
gymnasiums
Hall, Bolton
happiness
health equality gap
health resorts (See also sanitariums)
health-care providers, and wilderness therapy
Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People conference
heart rate variability (HRV)
Hemenway, Herbert
hemoglobin
Hibbeln, Joseph
Hibberd, James Shirley
high-fructose corn syrup
high-rise horticulture
Hill, Leonard
Hippocrates
historic/heritage sites
Hodge, Clifton F.
homicide
horticultural programs, benefits (See also gardening)
horticultural therapists
hothouses
Hough, Franklin B.
Hughes, William R.
human-animal bond
Humane Society of Canada
Hunger and Environment Nutrition Practice Group
hunter-gatherer communities
hydrotherapy
hyperreality (See also virtual nature)
hypertension
Iltis, Hugh H.
immune function
impulsivity
infants
inflammation
information overload (infotoxicity)
infrared light
inhibitions (control/fatigue)
insects
insomnia
insula
insulin
Internet addiction
intracellular anticancer proteins
intrinsic life aspirations
involuntary attention
IQ
irritability
irritable bowel syndrome
It Didn't Have to Happen (video)
James, William
Jankowiak, Janet
Japanese gardens
jasmine aromatherapy
jet lag
jogging
Johnson, Lyndon B.
journaling
joy
juice
junk food
Juyoung Lee
Kahn, Peter H.
Kaplan, Rachel
Kaplan, Stephen
Kellogg, Theodore H.
Kirkbride, Thomas S.
Krieger, Martin H.
Kruse, Lenelis
lactation
Lactobacillus bulgaricus
landscape gardening
laptop computers
lavender
learning disorders
leisure
Leopold, Aldo
Levinson, Boris M.
Lieury, Alain
life aspirations study
lifestyle medicine
light spectrum color
light therapy box
light
light/sound/negative ions, synergy
Lightner, Jean
linoleic acid
Lippincott's magazine
living roofs (See also rooftop gardens)
local traditional diet
Lockwood, Randall
Logan, Henry L.
loneliness
longevity
Lorenz, Konrad
love
magnesium
major stressors
marketing
Martin, Alexander Reid
Martin, Robert C.
Matsuoka, Rodney H.
McBride, James H.
meaningfulness
meat consumption
Meatless Monday (EWG)
meditation
Mediterranean diet
melancholy (See also depression)
melatonin (See also oral melatonin)
melons
memory
Menninger, Karl
mental fatigue
mental health disorders continuum
Metchnikoff, Elie
Meylan, George L.
Miltown (meprobamate)
mindfulness
Mitchell, S. Weir
Mitchell, William W.
Miyazaki, Yoshifumi
mobile phone towers
modern Western lifestyle
Moore, Ernest
mortality
Motohashi, Yutaka
Muir, John
multitasking
multivitamin/fish oil combination
Mycobacterium vaccae
narcissism
NASA
National Land Cover Classification Database
national parks
natural killer cells (NK cells)
natural light (See also sunlight)
nature connectivity tests
nature conservation(See also conservation volunteerism)
nature identity
Nature Neuroscience
Nature Relatedness Scale
nature retreats
nature scenes vs urban scenes
negative ions
negativity
nerve cells
nerve growth factor
nerve-to-nerve communication
neuro-inflammation. See inflammation
neuronal membrane
neurotransmitters
Nightingale, Florence
Nisbet, Elizabeth K.
nocebo response
noise
nonuniform surfaces, exercise on
nonwork-related information consumption
nutrition (See also diet)
obesity
occupational sitting, disease risk factor
occupational therapy
oils
Okvat, Heather
olive oil
Olmstead, Frederick Law
omega-3 fatty acids
omega-6
online shopping addiction
operational fatigue
operators, wilderness experience
opiates
opioid receptors
oral melatonin
organic foods
osteoarthritis
osteoporosis
Outward Bound
oxidative stress
oxytocin
ozone level
pain
Paleolithic diet
panic disorder
parahippocampal gyrus
parasympathetic nervous system
parental fear
Parks Canada
parks
patent medicines
pedestrian rage
Pennebaker, James
peppermint aromatherapy
peptide units
Pergams, Oliver
pesticides
pet acquisition and care industry
pet ownership
pet therapy
pet-food market
Phillips, George Porter
physicians, nutrition among
phytochemicals
phytoncides. See aromatic phytoncides
pine forests
plants/pain meds/sickness studies
plastic trees (See also virtual nature)
pleasure
polychlorinated byphenyls (PCBs)
Ponza, G.L.
population growth, rural/urban
positive mood state
positive psychology
Postman, Neil
postpartum depression
post-traumatic stress disorder
prefrontal cortex
pregnancy
prepackaged foods
preservatives
prison inmates
predator surveillance
potted plants
probiotics
problem solving (See also cognitive function; executive function)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
processed foods
pro-environment behavior
Prolongation of Life, The (Metchnikoff)
prosocial behavior
Prospect magazine
provincial parks
Prozac
Psychiatric Values of Wilderness (Gordon)
psychopathology
psychotropic medications
Public Health Reports
purpose, sense of
Pyle, Robert Michael
Qing Li
quality of life
radiation. See electromagnetic radiation
Randall, John L.
red blood cells
Red Cross
refined cereals
reflection(See also contemplation)
refrigerators
relaxation
Remondino, Peter C.
reptiles
resentment
resveratrol
retina
Rexford, Eben E.
riboflavin
risk taking
road rage
romanticism
rooftop gardens
Ruggles, Arthur H.
running (See also treadmills)
sadness (See also melancholy)
salmon
salt intake
Sanchez-Rodriguez, Martha
sanitariums
saturated fats
schizophrenia
Schneider, Margaret
School Garden Army
school gardens
science education
screen confinement
screen culture
screen fatigue
screen restrictors
screen time statistics
screen-based gadgets
seasonal affective disorder (SAD)
sedentary lifestyle
selenium
serotonin
shame
shinrin-yoku (See also forest medicine)
sick leave
Silent Spring (Carson)
Skenazy, Lenore
sleep
smartphone shufflers
smartphones
smell, sense of
Smith, Edward
smoking rates
snacking, screen-time
social anxiety
social connectivity
social isolation
social justice (See also socioeconomic level)
social rejection experiment
socioeconomic level
soft drinks
soil-based microorganisms
solar radiation
solariums
solitude
sound
spiders
Stainbrook, Edward
state parks
Stokes, John H.
stress hormones
Stress in America survey
stress
stroke
styrene
suburban sprawl
sugar
suicide
sunlight
superoxide dismutase (SOD)
supplements
support groups (See also social connectivity)
survival
sushi
sustainability
sustainable food project
sweet cereals
sympathetic nervous system (See also parasympathetic nervous system)
synthetic airborne chemicals
tablets (electronic)
Talcott, Selden H.
technology–nature–human interaction
television
telomeres
texting
therapeutic walking
therapy dogs
Thomas, Frederic S.
Thomson, J. Arthur
Thoreau, Henry David
Thorndike, Edward
threat (See also predator surveillance)
toluene
traditional Chinese medicine
tranquility
trans fats
transcendent experiences
treadmills
treatment-resistant depression
tree climbing
tree density
trees, air-purifying action
Trudeau, Edward
trust
tryptophan
tuberculosis
Tukey, Harold B.
turmeric
type 2 diabetes
U.S. Bureau of Education
U.S. Dept of Agriculture
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
U.S. Veterans Bureau
U.S. Wilderness Act
Ulrich, Roger S.
ultraviolet light
unprocessed foods
unspoilt nature
urban biodiversity
urban forests
urban parks (See also greenspace)
urbanization
Vacant Lot Gardening Association (NY)
Van Norden, Ottomar
veganism
vegetable consumption
vegetable gardens
vegetable oil
veterans
video games
videophilia
Vidovic, Vlasta Vizek
vigor
virtual nature
virtual plants/water
“Vis Medicatrix Naturae” address
vis medicatrix naturae
visible light spectrum
visible light
visible plants
vision
visual cortex
visual extent
visualizations
visuospatial skills
vitamin G (See also greenspace)
vitamin/mineral deficiencies
voluntary attention
Waggoner, Paul E.
Walburga, Lady Paget
Walden (Thoreau)
walks
warm-water bathing
water
We Feed the World (film)
Western diet
Western lifestyle. See modern Western lifestyle
Weuve, Jennifer
white flour
white nose syndrome
whole foods supplements
whole foods
whole grains
whole wheat flour
wild fish
Wilderness Challenge
wilderness guides/outfitters
wilderness/adventure therapy
“Wilderness—A Psychiatric Necessity” (lecture)
wilderness-adventure therapy
wildlife toxicology
Wilson, Edward O.
Wilson, Woodrow
window views
windowless rooms
windows, light exposure
winter
wireless communication, statistics
Witte, Max E.
Wolfenden Report (1960)
Won Sop Shin
work/life balance
workload stress
workplace
workweek, projections
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Heritage sites
World Mental Health Congress
Yakushima forest study
York Retreat (UK)
Yosemite National Park
youth offenders, camp therapy
Zaradic, Patricia
Zautra, Alex
Zelenski, John
zinc