Nature and the Mind

”[Nature and the Mind] argues that coming into contact with nature on pretty much any scale–from a sprawling national park to a local garden to a greened-up indoor space–can redirect and restore our often frazzled and overwrought minds.“–Men’s Health”[A] fascinating and ambitious new book… Nature and the Mind is for everyone from the adept to the uninitiated - it isn’t simply written to educate and entertain, it is a call to action.“–New Scientist“An eye-opening book about how green and blue spaces can transform our thoughts and our lives. Marc Berman is a pioneering environmental neuroscientist, and he makes a compelling case that nature plays a vital role in our mental, social, and physical health.” –Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and Hidden Potential, and host of the podcast Re: Thinking“Marc Berman is a brilliant academic star of the new nature movement, and his pioneering new book Nature and the Mind is sure to become a seminal force in the burgeoning new field of environmental neuroscience.” –Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle

Dr. Marc Berman is the world’s leading environmental neuroscientist, and founder and director of the Environmental Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Chicago. He is the winner of the Association for Psychological Science Early Career Research Award and the American Psychological Association Early Career Award. He is professor and chair of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago as well as codirector of the Masters of Computational Social Science program. His work has been featured on CNN, NPR, and in many popular publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, VICE, Newsweek, National Geographic, and USA TODAY.