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SUBMITTER: Wolf LJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5249088 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wolf Lukas J LJ Zu Ermgassen Sophus S Balmford Andrew A White Mathew M Weinstein Netta N
PloS one 20170120 1
Losses in biodiversity and trends toward urbanisation have reduced people's contact with biodiverse nature, yet the consequences for mental well-being are not well understood. Here, we demonstrate that greater plant and animal species richness in isolation causes an improvement in mental well-being. To do so, the present research experimentally manipulated species richness and assessed widely-used indicators of mental well-being. Participants viewed short videos of either high or low tree (Study ...[more]