Papers

Derrien, M., Bratman, G. N., Cerveny, L. K., Levy, C., Blahna, D. J., Frank, P., & Serio, N. (2024). Public nature and health for homeless populations: Professionals’ perceptions of contingent human benefits and harms. Social Science & Medicine, 116764.

Martin, L., White, M. P., Elliott, L. R., Grellier, J., Astell-Burt, T., Bratman, G. N., Lima, M. L.,Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., van den Bosch, M., & Fleming, L. E. (2024). Mechanisms underlying the associations between different types of nature exposure and sleep duration: An 18-country analysis. Environmental Research, 118522.

Ettinger, A. K., Bratman, G. N., Carey, M., Hebert, R., Hill, O., Kett, H., Levin, P., Murphy-Williams, M., & Wyse, L. (2024). Street trees provide an opportunity to mitigate urban heat and reduce risk of high heat exposure. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 3266.

Bratman, G.N., Mehta, A., Olvera-Alvarez, H., Spink, K.M., Levy, C., White, M.P., Kubzansky, L.D., & Gross, J.J. (2024). Associations of nature contact with emotional ill-being and well-being: The role of emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2316199

Doell, K., Berman, M.G., Bratman, G.N., Knutson, B., Kühn, S., Lamm, C., Pahl, S., Sawe, N., Van Bavel, J.J., White, M.P., Brosch, T. (2023). Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01857-4

Panno, A., Theodorou, A., Massullo, C., Bratman, G. N., Imperatori, C., Carbone, G. A., & Gross, J. J. (2023). The psychological impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: The moderating role of gender and emotion regulation. Health Care for Women International, 44(7-8), 885-902.

Hartwell, C., Randazza, J. M., Bratman, G. N., Eisenman, D. P., Ellis, B., Goodsell, E., Levy, C. & Errett, N. A. (2023). Forest therapy as a trauma-informed approach to disaster recovery: Insights from a wildfire-affected community. PLOS Climate, 2(9), e0000096.

Elliott, L.R., Pasanen, T., White, M.P., Wheeler, B.W., Grellier, J., Cirach, M., Bratman, G.N., van den Bosch, M., Roiko, A., Ojala, A., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., & Fleming, L.E. (2023). Nature contact and general health: Testing multiple serial mediation pathways with data from adults in 18 countries. Environment International, 178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108077

Gray, C.E., Kahn, P.H.Jr., Lawler, J.J., Tandon, P.S., Bratman, G.N., Perrins, S.P., Lin, Y., & Boyens, F. (2023). Time spent interacting with nature is associated with greater well-being for girl scouts before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Land, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/land12071303

Pasanen, T.P., White, M.P., Elliott, L.R., van den Bosch, M., Bratman, G.N., Ojala, A., Korpela, K., & Fleming, L.E. (2023). Urban green space and mental health among people living alone: The mediating roles of relational and collective restoration in an 18-country sample. Environmental Research, 232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.116324

Roberts, J.D., Omidvar Tehrani, S., & Bratman, G.N. (2023). Black bodies and green spaces: Remembering the eminence of nature during a pandemic. Springer International Publishing, Sport and Physical Culture in Global Pandemic Times p.213-240 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14387-8_9

Theodorou, A., Romano, L., Bratman, G. N., Carbone, G. A., Rodelli, R., Casagrande, G., & Panno, A. (2023). Different types of virtual natural environments enhance subjective vitality through restorativeness. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.101981

Garrett, J.K., White, M.P., Elliott, L.R., Grellier, J., Bell, S., Bratman, G.N., Economou, T., Gascon, M., Lõhmus, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. & Ojala, A. (2023). Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 2209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28544-w

Browning, M.H.E.M., Shin, S., Drong, G., McAnirlin, O., Gagnon, R.J., Ranganathan, S., Sindelar, K., Hoptman, D., Bratman, G.N., Yuan, S., & Prabhu, V.G. (2023). Daily exposure to virtual nature reduces symptoms of anxiety in college students. Scientific Reports, 13(1), p.1239. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28070-9

Maddock, J. E., Suess, C., Bratman, G. N., Smock, C., Kellstedt, D., Layton, R., Christiana, R., Horton, T., Gustat, J., Perry, C., & Kaczynski, A. T. (2022). Development and validation of an attitudes towards spending time in nature scale. Ecopsychology, 14(3), 200-211. https://doi.org/10.1089/eco.2022.0017

Nay, A., Kahn, P.H.Jr, Lawler, J.J., & Bratman, G. N. (2022). Inequitable changes to time spent in urban nature during COVID-19: A case study of Seattle, WA with Asian, Black, Latino, and White residents. Land, 11(8), 1277. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081277

Vitale, V., Martin, L., White, M.P., Elliot, L., Wyles, K.J., Browning, M.H.E.M., Pahl, S., Stehl, P., Bell, S., Bratman, G.N., Gascon, M., Grellier, J., Lima, M.L., Lõhmus, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., van den Bosch, M., Weinstein, N., & Fleming, L.E. (2022). Mechanisms underlying childhood exposure to blue spaces and adult subjective well-being: An 18-country analysis. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101876

Yin, J., Bratman, G. N., Browning, M.H.E.M., Spengler, J. D., & Olvera-Alvarez, H. A. (2022). Stress recovery from virtual exposure to a brown (desert) environment versus a green environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 101775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101775

Maddock J.E., Suess C., Bratman G.N., Smock C., Kellstedt D., Gustat J., Perry C.K., & Kaczynski A.T. (2022). Development and validation of self-efficacy and intention measures for spending time in nature. BMC Psychology, 10, 51 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00764-1

Browning, M.H.E.M., Li, D., White, M.P., Bratman, G.N., Becker, D., & Benfield, J.A. (2022). Association between residential greenness during childhood and trait emotional intelligence during young adulthood: A retrospective life course analysis in the United States. Health & Place, 74, 102755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102755

Perrins, S. P., Varanasi, U., Seto, E., & Bratman, G. N. (2021). Nature at work: The effects of day-to-day nature contact on workers’ stress and psychological well-being. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 66, 127404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127404

Fyfe-Johnson, A.L., & Hazlehurst, M.F., Perrins, S.P., Bratman, G.N., Thomas, R., Garrett, K.A., Marcus, E.K., & Tandon, P.S. (2021). Nature and Children’s Health: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics, e2020049155. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-049155

Littman A.J., Bratman G.N., Lehavot K., Engel, C.C., Fortney, J. C., Peterson, A., Jones, A., Klassen, C., Brandon, J., & Frumkin, H. (2021). Nature versus urban hiking for Veterans with post- traumatic stress disorder: a pilot randomised trial conducted in the Pacific Northwest USA. BMJ Open 11(9), e051885. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2021-051885

Bratman, G.N., Olvera‐Alvarez, H.A., & Gross, J.J. (2021). The affective benefits of nature exposure. Social and Personality Psychology Compass. e12630. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12630

Remme, R.P., Frumkin, H., Guerry, A., King, A., Mandle, L., Sarabu, C., Bratman, G.N., Giles-Corti, B., Hamel, P., Han, Baolong., Hick, J., James, P., Lawler, J.J., Lindahl, T., Liu, H., Lu, Y., Oosterbroek, B., Paudel, B., Sallis, J.F., Schipperijn, J., Sosic, R., de Vries, S., Wheeler, B., Wood, S., Wu T., & Daily, G.C. (2021). An ecosystem service perspective on urban nature, physical activity, and health. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(22). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018472118

White, M.P., Elliott, L., Grellier, J., Economou, T., Bell, S., Bratman, G.N., Gascon, M., Lima, M., Lohmus, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., Schultz, P., van den Bosch, Fleming, L., & Cirach, M. (2021). Associations between green/blue spaces and mental health across 18 countries. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 8903. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87675-0

Bratman, G.N., Young, G., Mehta, A., Lee Babineaux, I., Daily, G.C., & Gross, J.J. (2021). The affective benefits of nature experience: The role of rumination. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643866

Browning, M.H.E.M., Larson, L.R., Sharaievska, I., Rigolon, A., McAnirlin, O., Mullenbach, L., Cloutier, S., Vue, T.M., Thomsen, J., Reigner, N., Metcalf, E.C., D’Antonio, A., Helbich, M., Bratman, G.N., & Olvera-Alvarez, H.A. (2021). Psychological impacts from COVID-19 among university students: Risk factors across seven states in the United States. PLOS ONE, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245327

Olvera-Alvarez,H.A., Browning, M.H.E.M., Neophytou, A.M., Bratman, G.N. (2021). Associations of residential brownness and greenness with fasting glucose in young healthy adults living in the desert. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18, 520. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18020520

Tester-Jones, M., White, M.P., Elliott, L.R., Weinsten, N., Grellier, J., Economou, T., Bratman, G.N., Cleary, A., Gascon, M., Korpela, K., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., O’Connor, A., Ojala, A., van den Bosch, M., & Fleming, L.E. (2020). Results from an 18 country cross-sectional study examining experiences of nature for people with common mental health disorders. Scientific Reports, 10, 19408. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75825-9

White, M. P., Bratman, G.N., Pahl, S., Young, G., Cracknell, D., & Elliott, L.R. (2020). Affective reactions to losses and gains in biodiversity: Testing a prospect theory approach. Journal of Environmental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101502

Meidenbauer, K.L., Stenfors, C.U.D., Bratman, G.N., Gross, J.J., Schertz,K.E., Choe, K.W., & Berman, M.G. (2020). The affective benefits of nature exposure: What’s nature got to do with it? Journal of Environmental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101498

Elliott, L. R., White, M. P., Grellier, J., Garrett, J. K., Cirach, M., Wheeler, B. W., Bratman, G.N., van den Bosch, M.A., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., Lima, M.L., O’Connor, A., Gascon, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., & Fleming, L.A. (2020). Research Note: Residential distance and recreational visits to coastal and inland blue spaces in eighteen countries. Landscape and Urban Planning, 198, 103800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103800

Bratman, G.N., Anderson, C., Berman, M.G., Cochran, B., de Vries, S., Flanders, J., Folke, C., Frumkin, H., Gross, J.J., Hartig, T., Kahn, P.H.Jr., Kuo, M., Lawler, J.J., Levin, P.S., Lindahl, T., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Mitchell R., Ouyang, Z., Roe, J., Scarlett, L., Smith, J., van den Bosch, M., Wheeler, B., White, M., Zheng, H., & Daily, G.C. (2019). Nature and mental health: An ecosystem service perspective. Science Advances, 5(7), eaax0903. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0903

Keeler, B. L., Hamel, P., McPhearson, T., Hamann, M. H., Donahue, M. L., Meza Prado, K. A., Arkema, K. K., Bratman, G. N., Brauman, K. A., Finlay, J. C., Guerry, A.D., Hobbie, S.E., Johnson, J.A., MacDonald, G.K., McDonald, R.I., Neverisky, N., & Wood, S.A. (2019). Social-ecological and technological factors moderate the value of urban nature. Nature Sustainability, 2(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0202-1

Tallis, H., Bratman, G. N., Samhouri, J. F., & Fargione, J. (2018). Are California elementary school test scores more strongly associated with urban trees than poverty? Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02074

Frumkin, H., Bratman, G.N., Breslow, S. J., Cochran, B., Kahn, P.H.Jr., Lawler, J. J., Levin, P., Tandon, P.S., Varanasi, U., Wolf, K.L, & Wood, S.A. (2017). Nature contact and human health: A research agenda. Environmental Health Perspectives, 125(7), 075001. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1663

Bratman, G.N., Hamilton, J.P., Hahn, K.S., Daily, G.C., & Gross, J.J. (2015). Nature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 112(28), 8567-8572. htpps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510459112

Bratman, G.N., Daily, G. C., Levy, B. J., & Gross, J. J. (2015). The benefits of nature experience: Improved affect and cognition. Landscape and Urban Planning, 138, 41-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.02.005

Bratman, G.N., Hamilton, J. P., & Daily, G. C. (2012). The impacts of nature experience on human cognitive function and mental health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1249(1), 118-136. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06400.x

Shaw, M.R., Pendleton, L., Cameron, D.R., Morris, B., Bachelet, D., Klausmeyer, K., MacKenzie, J.,Conklin, D.R., Bratman, G.N., Lenihan, J. & Haunreiter, E. (2011). The impact of climate change on California’s ecosystem services. Climatic Change, 109(1), 465-484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0313-4