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BMJ · October 3, 2024
Authored by Howard Frumkin, Nature and Health Steering Committee member and researcher
Reading fiction is one of the sublime ways to experience art. Stories engage us, absorb us, and stay with us.1 The reader may be transported cognitively and emotionally, and experience images more vivid than those in real life.2 This can be transformative; a compelling narrative may change a reader’s point of view.3 Fiction is “the mind’s flight simulator,” according to novelist and psychologist Keith Oatley,4 helping us understand both our own minds and the world’s complexity.
In this new chapter, Dr. Bratman—Nature and Health’s co-director—explores the fundamentals of the field of environmental neuroscience and discusses some of the mechanisms through which natural environments may affect brain processing.
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