Summary: Viewing natural scenes can significantly reduce how people perceive pain, a new neuroimaging study has found.

The team discovered that the raw sensory signals the brain receives when something hurts were reduced when watching a carefully designed, high-quality, virtual nature scene. The study confirmed ...

Breathing in the scent of the trees, listening to the birds singing, feeling the earth beneath your feet... Spending time in nature has a profound effect on our well-being. But you don't have to trek ...

It is well known to reduce feelings of anxiety as well, and the report serves as a reminder of how much good the great outdoors can do.

Screens shown to the participants displayed three different images: a nature scene, an urban scene and a control scene of a nondescript room. Their brains were then checked to see if there was a ...

A man is seen hiking along a lush forest in Ireland ... found that exposure to nature scenes actually changes responses in the brain that are specifically related to pain. During the study ...