02765cam a2200349 i 4500 1709898962 TxAuBib 20250110120000.0 240210s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781639367641 HRD 29.95 1639367640 HRD 29.95 (OCoLC)1420429511 TxAuBib rda Willis, Kathy. Good nature [BOOK] : why seeing, smelling, hearing, and touching plants is good for our health / Katherine Willis. Why seeing, smelling, hearing, and touching plants is good for our health. First Pegasus Books cloth edition. New York : Pegasus Books, 2024. 325 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "We all take for granted the idea that being in nature makes us feel better. But if you were a skeptical scientist—or indeed any kind of skeptic—who wanted hard scientific evidence for this idea, where would you look? And how would that evidence be gathered? It wasn’t until Dr. Kathy Willis was asked to contribute to an international project looking for the societal benefits we gain from plants that she stumbled across a study that radically changed the way she saw the natural world. In the study there was clear proof that patients recovering from gall bladder operations recovered more quickly if they were looking at trees. In fact, in the last decade there has been an explosion of 'proof' that incredible things happen to our bodies and our minds when our senses interact with the natural world. In Good Nature, Kathy Willis takes the reader on a journey with her to dig out all the experiments around the world that are looking for this evidence—experiments made easier by the new kinds of data being collected from satellites and big-data biobanks. Having a vase of roses on your desk or a green wall in your office makes a measurable difference to your well-being; certain scents in room diffusers genuinely can boost your immune system; and, in a chapter that Kathy calls 'Hidden Sense,' we learn that touching organic soil has a significant effect on the healthiness of your microbiome.". 20250110. Nature, Healing power of. Naturopathy. Nature Therapeutic use. Human beings Effect of environment on. Outdoor recreation Psychological aspects. Plants Odor Therapeutic use.