Jia Liu , Yumeng Yang , Tianjiao Kong , Ran Liu , Liang Luo
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Mental health was evaluated via internalizing and externalizing T-scores, while cognition was assessed using fluid and crystallized intelligence scores.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study included 8430 participants with BS data and 8161 with WMM data. BSGFA 1, associated with higher GSE, positively correlated with surface area, cortical volume, subcortical volume, and most cortical thickness indicators. It predicted lower internalizing (<em>β</em> = −0.08, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.13 to −0.04) and externalizing problems (<em>β</em> = −0.10, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06), and greater crystallized intelligence (<em>β</em> = 0.12, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.08 to 0.17). WGFA 1, linked to greater GSE, was positively correlated with fractional anisotropy and negatively with mean diffusivity. It predicted lower externalizing problems (<em>β</em> = −0.04, <em>p</em> = 0.01, 95 % CI, −0.06 to −0.01) and improved fluid (<em>β</em> = 0.14, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.11 to 0.17) and crystallized intelligence (<em>β</em> = 0.04, <em>p</em> = 0.01, 95 % CI, 0.01 to 0.06). Forest-related WGFA 2 was negatively associated with fractional anisotropy and fluid intelligence (<em>β</em> = −0.10, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>This study highlights the benefits of urban GSE on children's brain development, mental health, and cognitive function. Notably, forest-related GSE exhibited distinct effects compared to urban green spaces, suggesting that the type and characteristics of green spaces matter significantly. 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GSE included nine indicators, such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and tree canopy. Brain structure (BS) and white matter microstructure (WMM) were assessed using MRI. Group Factor Analysis (GFA) was conducted to identify patterns linking GSE with brain metrics. Mental health was evaluated via internalizing and externalizing T-scores, while cognition was assessed using fluid and crystallized intelligence scores.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The study included 8430 participants with BS data and 8161 with WMM data. BSGFA 1, associated with higher GSE, positively correlated with surface area, cortical volume, subcortical volume, and most cortical thickness indicators. It predicted lower internalizing (<em>β</em> = −0.08, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.13 to −0.04) and externalizing problems (<em>β</em> = −0.10, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06), and greater crystallized intelligence (<em>β</em> = 0.12, <em>p</em> < 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.08 to 0.17). 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Associations Among green space exposure, brain, and mental health and cognition in the Adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study
Background
Urban green space exposure (GSE) benefits mental health and cognition; however, the underlying neural mechanisms in children, a population especially sensitive to environmental influences, remain unclear.
Methods
This cross-sectional study analyzed baseline data from the ABCD study, involving 9-10-year-old children across 21 U.S. sites. GSE included nine indicators, such as Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and tree canopy. Brain structure (BS) and white matter microstructure (WMM) were assessed using MRI. Group Factor Analysis (GFA) was conducted to identify patterns linking GSE with brain metrics. Mental health was evaluated via internalizing and externalizing T-scores, while cognition was assessed using fluid and crystallized intelligence scores.
Results
The study included 8430 participants with BS data and 8161 with WMM data. BSGFA 1, associated with higher GSE, positively correlated with surface area, cortical volume, subcortical volume, and most cortical thickness indicators. It predicted lower internalizing (β = −0.08, p < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.13 to −0.04) and externalizing problems (β = −0.10, p < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06), and greater crystallized intelligence (β = 0.12, p < 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.08 to 0.17). WGFA 1, linked to greater GSE, was positively correlated with fractional anisotropy and negatively with mean diffusivity. It predicted lower externalizing problems (β = −0.04, p = 0.01, 95 % CI, −0.06 to −0.01) and improved fluid (β = 0.14, p < 0.001, 95 % CI, 0.11 to 0.17) and crystallized intelligence (β = 0.04, p = 0.01, 95 % CI, 0.01 to 0.06). Forest-related WGFA 2 was negatively associated with fractional anisotropy and fluid intelligence (β = −0.10, p < 0.001, 95 % CI, −0.15 to −0.06).
Conclusions
This study highlights the benefits of urban GSE on children's brain development, mental health, and cognitive function. Notably, forest-related GSE exhibited distinct effects compared to urban green spaces, suggesting that the type and characteristics of green spaces matter significantly. Future research should investigate the long-term impacts of different types of GSE to inform urban designs supporting mental health and cognition.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space