A groundbreaking study reveals that exposure to nature can reduce pain by altering brain activity. Researchers found that ...

It was a sunny day in March on the day I hiked at Elliott Woods Nature Preserve in Vigo County. The preserve is adjacent to ...

The nature scenes provoked decreased activity in a part of the brain involved in perceiving pain, called nociception. However other areas linked to regulating pain were not significantly affected.

The results were clear: when viewing the nature scene, the participants not only reported less pain but also showed reduced activity in brain regions associated with pain processing. By analyzing ...

They were shown three different videos: an urban scene, an indoor scene, and a nature scene. All three videos were created with comparable images, sounds, and overall quality to ensure that one ...

Screens shown to the participants displayed three different images: a nature scene, an urban scene and a control scene of a nondescript room. Their brains were then checked to see if there was a ...