Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (November, 2025)
Professor Pozzulo’s Pick (November, 2025) Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical, and Social Well-Being, by Marc G. Berman, Ph.D. (2025, published by Simon and Schuster) My take: What do you do when you are feeling depleted and can’t concentrate? Or feeling sad? In Nature and the Mind, Berman describes the science that demonstrates how experiencing nature improves our cognitive, physical, social, and emotional well-being. Not only can your physical health improve so can your mental health and your relationships. Spending time in nature is so impactful that it can even help with negative side-effects of certain drugs and treatments. Berman notes that the evidence for the benefits of spending time in nature is so compelling that the Canadian Medical Association endorsed a plan to provide Canadians with “social prescriptions” where Canadian health care practitioners can work with patients to come up with personalized nature plans to address their...