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People’s desire to be in nature and how they experience it are partially heritable

Nature experiences have been linked to mental and physical health. Despite the importance of understanding what determines individual variation in nature experience, the role of genes has been overlooked. Here, using a twin design (TwinsUK, number of individuals = 2,306), we investigate the genetic...

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Autores principales: Chang, Chia-chen, Cox, Daniel T. C., Fan, Qiao, Nghiem, Thi Phuong Le, Tan, Claudia L. Y., Oh, Rachel Rui Ying, Lin, Brenda B., Shanahan, Danielle F., Fuller, Richard A., Gaston, Kevin J., Carrasco, L. Roman
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8812842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35113853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001500
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author Chang, Chia-chen
Cox, Daniel T. C.
Fan, Qiao
Nghiem, Thi Phuong Le
Tan, Claudia L. Y.
Oh, Rachel Rui Ying
Lin, Brenda B.
Shanahan, Danielle F.
Fuller, Richard A.
Gaston, Kevin J.
Carrasco, L. Roman
author_facet Chang, Chia-chen
Cox, Daniel T. C.
Fan, Qiao
Nghiem, Thi Phuong Le
Tan, Claudia L. Y.
Oh, Rachel Rui Ying
Lin, Brenda B.
Shanahan, Danielle F.
Fuller, Richard A.
Gaston, Kevin J.
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description Nature experiences have been linked to mental and physical health. Despite the importance of understanding what determines individual variation in nature experience, the role of genes has been overlooked. Here, using a twin design (TwinsUK, number of individuals = 2,306), we investigate the genetic and environmental contributions to a person’s nature orientation, opportunity (living in less urbanized areas), and different dimensions of nature experience (frequency and duration of public nature space visits and frequency and duration of garden visits). We estimate moderate heritability of nature orientation (46%) and nature experiences (48% for frequency of public nature space visits, 34% for frequency of garden visits, and 38% for duration of garden visits) and show their genetic components partially overlap. We also find that the environmental influences on nature experiences are moderated by the level of urbanization of the home district. Our study demonstrates genetic contributions to individuals’ nature experiences, opening a new dimension for the study of human–nature interactions.
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spelling pubmed-88128422022-02-04 People’s desire to be in nature and how they experience it are partially heritable Chang, Chia-chen Cox, Daniel T. C. Fan, Qiao Nghiem, Thi Phuong Le Tan, Claudia L. Y. Oh, Rachel Rui Ying Lin, Brenda B. Shanahan, Danielle F. Fuller, Richard A. Gaston, Kevin J. Carrasco, L. Roman PLoS Biol Short Reports Nature experiences have been linked to mental and physical health. Despite the importance of understanding what determines individual variation in nature experience, the role of genes has been overlooked. Here, using a twin design (TwinsUK, number of individuals = 2,306), we investigate the genetic and environmental contributions to a person’s nature orientation, opportunity (living in less urbanized areas), and different dimensions of nature experience (frequency and duration of public nature space visits and frequency and duration of garden visits). We estimate moderate heritability of nature orientation (46%) and nature experiences (48% for frequency of public nature space visits, 34% for frequency of garden visits, and 38% for duration of garden visits) and show their genetic components partially overlap. We also find that the environmental influences on nature experiences are moderated by the level of urbanization of the home district. Our study demonstrates genetic contributions to individuals’ nature experiences, opening a new dimension for the study of human–nature interactions. Public Library of Science 2022-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8812842/ /pubmed/35113853 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001500 Text en © 2022 Chang et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chang, Chia-chen
Cox, Daniel T. C.
Fan, Qiao
Nghiem, Thi Phuong Le
Tan, Claudia L. Y.
Oh, Rachel Rui Ying
Lin, Brenda B.
Shanahan, Danielle F.
Fuller, Richard A.
Gaston, Kevin J.
Carrasco, L. Roman
People’s desire to be in nature and how they experience it are partially heritable
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title_sort people’s desire to be in nature and how they experience it are partially heritable
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8812842/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35113853
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001500
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