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·August 19, 2021·5 min read

A Parent’s Genes Can Influence a Child’s Educational Success, Inherited or Not

Genetic nurture, the concept that the parent's genes indirectly influence their children by shaping the environment they provide for them, is almost equally important in a child's educational achievement as direct genetic inheritance.

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·July 15, 2021·5 min read

Spending Time Outdoors Has a Positive Effect on Our Brains

Brain structure and mood improve when people spend time outdoors. This has positive implications for concentration, memory, and overall psychological wellbeing.

This shows a child's drawing of trees and animals

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·May 12, 2021·3 min read

Nature Draws Out a Happy Place for Children

Children raised in areas without much access to green space consider nature to be their "happy place", a new study reports.

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·February 18, 2021·5 min read

Pandemic Got You Down? a Little Nature Could Help

Researchers report spending time in nature has a positive effect on mental and emotional wellbeing, regardless of which country you are from.

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·December 16, 2020·6 min read

In Pandemic, People Are Turning to Nature, Especially Women

People report spending more time relaxing and enjoying nature as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Women, especially, report spending more time outdoors during the pandemic.

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·November 9, 2020·6 min read

Human Wilderness Connection Has Psychological Roots and Could Reduce Disease Risk

Feeling calm after spending time in nature is a sign your psychological needs are being met, a new study reports. People's attachment to wilderness can be explained by their psychological needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness.

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·October 4, 2020·4 min read

Nurture Trumps Nature in Determining Severity of PTSD Symptoms

The ability to foster and form secure interpersonal attachments can mitigate some of the genetic risks associated with PTSD.

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·September 3, 2020·4 min read

Schizophrenia: Nurture Cannot Overcome Nature

Too much methionine in-vitro caused schizophrenia in mice, regardless of the level of postpartum care. Researchers suggest the same outcome would be true for humans.

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·April 22, 2020·4 min read

Scientists track the link between wildlife and COVID-19

Virologist and computational neuroscientists agree, how humans treat and trade animals may have played a significant role in the coronavirus pandemic and other viral infections.

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·April 2, 2020·3 min read

How COVID-19 sheds when symptoms are relatively mild

Study reports viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 occurs in the upper respiratory tract during early COVID-19 infection when symptoms are mild or hardly noticeable.