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Human–Animal Interactions: Expressions of Wellbeing through a “Nature Language”

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Human–animal interactions (HAIs) can be beneficial for humans in a number of ways, and interactions with wild animals may contribute to human mental wellbeing, partly through nature connectedness.
Rachel M. Yerbury, Samantha J. Lukey
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A Meta-Analysis of Emotional Evidence for the Biophilia Hypothesis and Implications for Biophilic Design

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
The biophilia hypothesis posits an innate biological and genetic connection between human and nature, including an emotional dimension to this connection.
Jason S. Gaekwad   +3 more
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Beyond the ecocentric: Diverse values and attitudes influence engagement in pro‐environmental behaviours

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2022
Changing human behaviour and social systems are key to reversing the global biodiversity crisis. Pro‐environmental behaviour is guided by values and connection with nature, but because they have mostly been studied separately, the interplay between ...
Nicola J. Sockhill   +3 more
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The benefits of citizen science and nature‐noticing activities for well‐being, nature connectedness and pro‐nature conservation behaviours

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2023
The current biodiversity crisis, extinction of experience of nature and rising concern about people's well‐being and mental health require us to understand the benefits of activities supporting people's engagement with nature.
Michael J. O. Pocock   +4 more
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Moving towards a multidimensional dynamic approach to nature and health: A bioavailability perspective

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2022
The benefits of exposure to nature for health and well‐being have been demonstrated across multiple disciplines. Recent work has sought to establish one ‘dose’ or type of nature exposure that is universally beneficial, which has proven difficult.
Rachel C. Sumner   +4 more
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Phased human-nature interactions for the past 10 000 years in the Hexi Corridor, China

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2023
Located in the eastern section of the ancient Silk Road, the Hexi Corridor is a crucial area where eastern and western civilizations met. Previous studies mainly explore human-nature interactions at a particular period, and there is a lack of phased ...
Yu Li   +4 more
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An ethnography of urban collective gardens in Haute-Garonne: Contribution to the sociology of sensory experiences

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Sensitive experiences made in the interaction between gardeners and their gardens have been studied in Occitania, as part of a research thesis in environmental sociology.
Wilkens Jules   +5 more
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Changes in Green Space Use During a COVID-19 Lockdown Are Associated With Both Individual and Green Space Characteristics

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Mobility restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic present a useful study system for understanding the temporal and spatial patterns of green space use.
Violeta Berdejo-Espinola   +4 more
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Body as a Media of the World [PDF]

open access: yesIn Medias Res, 2020
We will try to link Merleau-Ponty’s interpretation of the body-subject with the idea of mediation. The body thus becomes the mediating part of the human body towards the human body, human body and the world, and also human body and the Being.
Saša Marinović
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Basic Research in Human–Computer–Biosphere Interaction

open access: yesBuildings, 2014
In this study, we present a vision of how a human–computer–biosphere interaction (HCBI) can facilitate a sustainable society. HCBI extends and transforms the subject of human–computer interaction from countable people, objects, pets, and plants into ...
Hill Hiroki Kobayashi, Jun Matsushima
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