Green brain

Motivated by large-scale public health problems such as depression and mental health, scientists are looking with renewed interest at how nature affects our brains and bodies. It has been hypothesized that being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command center, to dial down and res...

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Main Authors: Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris, Noor Kamal, Nur Amira, Abu Bakar, Shamsul, Baharuddin, Mohd Nasir, Khamis, Shamsul
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60017/1/GREEN%20BRAIN%20%28100-103%29.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.600172018-04-06T07:18:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60017/ Green brain Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris Noor Kamal, Nur Amira Abu Bakar, Shamsul Baharuddin, Mohd Nasir Khamis, Shamsul Motivated by large-scale public health problems such as depression and mental health, scientists are looking with renewed interest at how nature affects our brains and bodies. It has been hypothesized that being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command center, to dial down and rest like an overused muscle. Recovery in the green environment has been proposed as particularly effective due to the calming inherent qualities of nature. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2016 Book Section PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60017/1/GREEN%20BRAIN%20%28100-103%29.pdf Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris and Noor Kamal, Nur Amira and Abu Bakar, Shamsul and Baharuddin, Mohd Nasir and Khamis, Shamsul (2016) Green brain. In: Nature's Yield and Wonders of Art (NYAWA)16: Brain. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press, Serdang, Selangor, pp. 100-103. ISBN 9789679604153
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description Motivated by large-scale public health problems such as depression and mental health, scientists are looking with renewed interest at how nature affects our brains and bodies. It has been hypothesized that being in nature allows the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s command center, to dial down and rest like an overused muscle. Recovery in the green environment has been proposed as particularly effective due to the calming inherent qualities of nature.
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author Abdul Shukor, Shureen Faris
Noor Kamal, Nur Amira
Abu Bakar, Shamsul
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Khamis, Shamsul
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Green brain
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publisher Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60017/1/GREEN%20BRAIN%20%28100-103%29.pdf
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