Hiking Research

by Alan C. Logan, N.D., Guest Author Cross Country Skiing on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Balsam Gap, North Carolina (USA) Photo by Mark...

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) recently identified the merging fields of leadership and neuroscience as the number one This...

The International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine  (INFOM) based in Tokyo, Japan seeks to include in its membership a network of...

Park, B., Tsunetsuga, Y., Kasetani, T., Kagawa, T., & Miyazaki, Y. (2010). The physiological effects of Shinrin-yoku (taking in the...

I just finished reading the recently published book “Your Brain on Nature: the science of nature’s influence on your health, happiness,...

The physical health benefits of green exercise such as hiking are becoming better known. Not as widely understood are the psychological...

To help create an online community of people interested in learning more about how hiking and nature impact health I created the Hiking...

New research by environmental neuroscientists at the University of Utah and the University of Kansas indicates that hiking does more than...

Socrates exhorted us on the virtues of self reflection declaring “that the unexamined life is not worth living.” Unfortunately, the...

Many people are disconnected from the natural environment and do not realize the restorative impact that spending time in nature has on...

Shinrin Yoku is the Japanese practice of “forest bathing”, or hiking in forests, to help get in touch with nature, improve  mental and...

I’m teaching a new course this fall on “Nature, Environment, and Human Health at Cabarrus College of Health Sciences. The course is based...

By Dr. Mark A. Ellison Many people now experience physical and psychological health issues related to the stress, fatigue and pollution...

Acadia National Park, Maine (USA) Photo by Mark Ellison Have you found yourself seeking to escape the stress, noise and pollution of your...

The attention restoration benefits of spending time in nature have been documented in a number of studies (Berto, 2005; Berman et al.,...

Hiker Bill Boydston on the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina (USA) Photo by Mark Ellison The November/December Issue of the Appalachian...

This slideshow requires JavaScript. William Deresiewicz penned an excellent article last year in the Chronicle of Higher Education about...

This is a very interesting study that was recently published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology and reveals that spending time in...

HikingResearch.com is for people who love to hike, and want to learn more about the restorative benefits of  spending time in nature, and...