ArticlePerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2023
Awe as a Pathway to Mental and Physical Health.
Article in Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.
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- Awe reduces depressive symptoms and improves well-being in a randomized-controlled clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Centering and flourishing: an online intervention study assessing the effects of a Christian contemplative practice on stress-reduction and human flourishing.BMC psychology · 2024Trial
- The expression of awe: evolutionary origins and cultural elaborations of a basic emotion.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Review
- More than just smiling: how positive emotions are expressed on the face.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2026Article
- Well-being as a primary endpoint in clinical trials: a call for consensus.Npj mental health research · 2026Review
- Longitudinal Relationships among Life Awe, Internalizing and Externalizing Problems in Adolescents: A Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- The Therapeutic Home Environment for Chronic Diseases: A Transdisciplinary Ecosystem for Achieving Migraine Freedom and Managing Comorbid Anxiety, Insomnia, and Chronic Pain.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- RELIGIOUS Exposure and Concern for Others' Health: Religious Priming Promotes Health-Oriented Altruism in Nonreligious Individuals Through Awe in China.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- A Consensus Statement for Ecological Medicine: Moving Toward Connection-Based Medicine.EcoHealth · 2026Article
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- Experiencing awe in daily life is linked to lower loneliness.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Viewing art as a pathway to psychological well-being and physical health.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026Article
- The neurobiological basis of the awe experience in affective disorders: an exploratory EEG study.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2026Article
- "Awe-scillations": EEG spectral and complexity representations of awe.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Social connectedness mediates the effect of awe in reducing dishonest behavior.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- An experimental study focusing on mindfulness to capture how our contacts with dogs can promote human well-being.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Influence of Positive and Threatening Awe on Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Mediating Role of Connection to Nature.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Decreased COCommunications psychology · 2025Article
- The shock of Awe experience to our soul is more directly on cognitive well-being than affective well-being.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Auditory imagery and poetry-elicited emotions: a study on the hard of hearing.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
How do experiences in nature or in spiritual contemplation or in being moved by music or with psychedelics promote mental and physical health? Our proposal in this article is awe. To make this argument, we first review recent advances in the scientific study of awe, an emotion often considered ineffable and beyond measurement. Awe engages five processes-shifts in neurophysiology, a diminished focus on the self, increased prosocial relationality, greater social integration, and a heightened sense of meaning-that benefit well-being. We then apply this model to illuminate how experiences of awe that arise in nature, spirituality, music, collective movement, and psychedelics strengthen the mind and body.
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