SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Long-Term Exposure to Greenspace and Cognitive Function during the Lifespan: A Systematic Review.
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- Differential effects of simulated restorative environments on subjective and objective attentional outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Cognitive Health Costs of Poor Housing for Women: Exploring Executive Function and Housing Stress in Urban Slums in India.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Is greenspace in the eye of the beholder? Exploring perceived and objective greenspace exposure effects on mental health.Journal of environmental psychology · 2024Article
- The impact of living environmental factors on cognitive function and mild cognitive impairment: evidence from the Chinese elderly population.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- Green space is associated with new-onset stroke among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: data from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).Frontiers in public health · 2024Observational
- External exposome and all-cause mortality in European cohorts: the EXPANSE project.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2024Article
- Assessing nature exposure: a study on the reliability and validity of a Portuguese version of the nature exposure scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Objective greenness, connectedness to nature and sunlight levels towards perceived restorativeness in urban nature.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Perceived Social Support Mediates the Relationship between Use of Greenspace and Geriatric Depression: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Sample of South-Italian Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Recent advances in environmental psychology highlighted the beneficial role of greenspace exposure on cognition. We conducted a systematic review of the available studies on the association of long-term exposure to greenspace and cognitive functions across the lifespan. PRISMA guidelines and the PECOs method were applied to screen for eligible studies. Twenty-five studies from Scopus, PubMed, and PsycINFO met the inclusion criteria. Six studies were longitudinal and nineteen cross-sectional. Fifteen studies focused on schoolchildren, six studies on adults, and four on the elderly. Twenty studies used the NDVI to assess greenspace exposure and the remaining used other indexes. Eight studies employed academic achievement as the outcome, eight studies global cognition, six studies attention/executive functions, and three studies memory. The evidence was inconsistent but suggestive for a beneficial role of greenspace exposure on cognitive functions. Further studies are required, especially among adults and older people, by adopting longitudinal designs.
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