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1. Nature as a potential modulator of the error-related negativity: A registered report

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Kevin Greenberg, Spencer C. Castro, G. David McNay, Emily Scott, A. S. McDonnell, Rachel J. Hopman, Brennan R. Payne, Ty L. McKinney, Sara LoTemplio, and David L. Strayer

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Electroencephalography, behavioral disciplines and activities, 050105 experimental psychology, Error-related negativity, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physiology (medical), Component (UML), Cognitive resource theory, medicine, Humans, Attention, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Control (linguistics), Evoked Potentials, medicine.diagnostic_test, General Neuroscience, 05 social sciences, Brain, Negativity effect, Cognition, Attention restoration theory, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cognitive psychology
Abstract

According to Kaplan's Theory of Attention Restoration (ART), spending time in a natural environment can restore depleted cognitive resources. If this is true, then nature exposure may modulate the error-related negativity (ERN), a component of the event-related brain potential (ERP) that is related to cognitive control and attentional allocation. ART suggests that cognitive resources are restored because the cognitive control networks of the brain are less engaged in nature, suggesting that the ERN may decrease in nature. In the present study, we completed a registered report, examining whether or not spending time in nature would reduce the size of the ERN compared to outdoor testing. Instead, we found that nature significantly increased the amplitude of the ERN. The implications of these results are discussed within the ART framework.

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2020
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2. Mental health benefits of nature-based recreation: a systematic review

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Leah Joyner, N. Qwynne Lackey, Deborah A. Tysor, G. David McNay, Camilla J. Hodge, and Kensey H. Baker

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Cultural Studies, Gerontology, Social Psychology, 05 social sciences, Geography, Planning and Development, Nature based, Mental health, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, 0502 economics and business, Well-being, 050211 marketing, Psychology, Recreation, 050212 sport, leisure & tourism
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The demand for mental health services around the world has risen dramatically. Many researchers and practitioners are looking for alternative mental health treatments, including nature-based recrea...

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2019
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3. 'Now is Not the Time to Take a Breather': United States Federal Land Management Agency Professionals’ Perceptions at the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977

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Chris A. B. Zajchowski, N. Qwynne Lackey, and G. David McNay

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Sociology and Political Science, 0211 other engineering and technologies, Land management, Air pollution, 021107 urban & regional planning, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, Environmental Science (miscellaneous), Development, medicine.disease_cause, 01 natural sciences, Environmental protection, Agency (sociology), medicine, Business, Clean Air Act, Protected area, Air quality index, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
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Poor air quality has long been one of the dominant transboundary issues facing protected areas worldwide. In 1977, the United States Congress amended the Clean Air Act to address federally-...

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2019
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4. At the Intersection of Technology and Nature: The Potential for a Bright Green Future

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Jason A. Kaufman and G. David McNay

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Cognitive science, Social Psychology, Computer science, media_common.quotation_subject, 05 social sciences, 050109 social psychology, 050105 experimental psychology, Attention restoration theory, Intersection, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Mobile technology, Meditation, Applied Psychology, media_common
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Exposure to Nature appears to be fundamental to optimal human functioning. Yet modern society has become defined in recent decades by a reliance upon computing and mobile technology. This ...

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2017
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5. Mutations at the mitochondrial DNA polymerase (POLG) locus associated with male infertility

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Barbara Hughes, Ellen Fritsche, Lars Wichmann, Robert F. Harrison, James M. Cummins, Joanna Poulton, Howard J. Cooke, Yau-Huei Wei, Arja L. Ahola, Denise Mehmet, Pekka Laippala, David J. Elliott, David McNay, Anne M. Jequier, Tim B. Hargreave, Hans-Christian Schuppe, Josef Abel, Susanne Donat, David Bailey, Thomas Barrett, D.R. Marchington, Howard T. Jacobs, Anja T. Rovio, Shu Huei Kao, and David E. Barton

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Male, Mitochondrial DNA, Locus (genetics), DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, DNA, Mitochondrial, Human mitochondrial genetics, White People, Male infertility, Asian People, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Alleles, Infertility, Male, Polymerase, Azoospermia, biology, Homozygote, Polyglutamine tract, medicine.disease, Spermatozoa, Molecular biology, DNA Polymerase gamma, Phenotype, Mutation, biology.protein, Peptides, Microsatellite Repeats
Abstract

Human mitochondrial DNA polymerase, encoded by POLG, contains a polyglutamine tract encoded by a CAG microsatellite repeat. Analysis of POLG genotypes in different populations identified an association between absence of the common, ten-repeat allele and male infertility typified by a range of sperm quality defects but excluding azoospermia.

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2001
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