SynthesisCurrent environmental health reports2016
Long-Term Green Space Exposure and Cognition Across the Life Course: a Systematic Review.
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Who cites it
78 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Association between green space exposure and elderly health: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Neighbourhood-built environment and cognitive or social health in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia: an umbrella review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Impact of Changes to Urban Green Spaces on Health and Education Outcomes, and a Critique of Their Applicability to Inform Economic Evaluation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of neighborhood built environment on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Greenspace exposure and associated health outcomes: a systematic review of reviews.F1000Research · 2024Pooled it
- Long-Term Exposure to Greenspace and Cognitive Function during the Lifespan: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Growing up green: a systematic review of the influence of greenspace on youth development and health outcomes.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- Relationship between Green and Blue Spaces with Mental and Physical Health: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Is Brief Exposure to Green Space in School the Best Option to Improve Attention in Children?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Long-Term Exposure to Residential Greenspace and Healthy Ageing: a Systematic Review.Current environmental health reports · 2020Pooled it
- School Green Space and Its Impact on Academic Performance: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Reloading Pupils' Batteries: Impact of Green Spaces on Cognition and Wellbeing.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Trial
- Streetview greenspace types and dementia risk in older adults: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Assessing racial disparities in dementia-related vulnerabilities: a machine learning analysis of social, environmental, and climate factors.Ethnicity & health · 2026Article
- Associations between greenspace and memory: Evidence from the COMPASS cohort in Chicago.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Influence of residential greenness and season on discontinuation of medication treatment for opioid use disorder across rural to urban community types.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Driving the neural exposome: Latent mobility states from naturalistic GPS data in older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Differential effects of simulated restorative environments on subjective and objective attentional outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring the pathways between green space and blue space, and cognitive function in later life: a mediation analysis in Northern Ireland.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Physiological restorative benefits of different types of urban green spaces: a threshold model approach.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
An accumulating body of evidence is suggestive for health-promoting effects of exposure to natural environments including green spaces. We aimed to systematically review the available observational evidence on the association between long-term exposure to green space and cognition over the life course. PubMed and Scopus were searched using a combination of green space and cognition keywords. Original research articles of observational studies on the association between green space exposure and cognition were collected. The quality of available studies was assessed using available frameworks. The review identified 13 studies meeting the selection criteria. Considering the limited number of available studies, most of poor or fair quality, the existing evidence on the association between green spaces and cognition can be considered as inadequate; however, it is suggestive for beneficial associations between such an exposure and cognitive development in childhood and cognitive function in adulthood.
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