This volume is comprised of contributions to the 67th Nebraska Symposium
on Motivation, which brought together various research disciplines such
as psychology, education, health sciences, natural resources,
environmental studies to investigate the ways in which nature influences
cognition, health, human behavior, and well-being. The symposium is
positioned to explore two proposed mechanisms in the most depth: 1) the
psycho-evolutionary theory of stress recovery and 2) Attention
Restoration Theory. The contributions in the volume represent research
guided by both of these posited mechanisms, rigorously examine these
theories and processes, and share methodological innovations that can be
utilized across programs of research. This volume will be of great
interest to researchers on natural environments, practitioners and
clinicians working with an environmental lens at the intersection of
psychology, social work, education and the health sciences, as well as
researchers and students in environmental and conservation psychology.
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