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Chapter 7 - Super/Natural Solitude

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2024

Netta Weinstein ,
Heather Hansen  and
Thuy-vy T. Nguyen
Netta Weinstein
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Heather Hansen
Affiliation:
University of Reading
Thuy-vy T. Nguyen
Affiliation:
Durham University
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Summary

Research on the topic of being solitary in nature – as opposed to the well-documented effects of simply being in nature – is still very new. But we can speculate about what may be going on when those two states are combined. In our Solitude Lab, we’ve heard from adventurers of all calibers that the combination of solitude and nature can foster a kind of supercharged state that seems to enhance the benefits of both nature and solitude while conferring entirely new benefits of it own. Here we discuss nature’s effects on people, soft fascination, and attention restoration theory.

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naturenature connectednessneurastheniasoft fascinationattention restoration theoryforest bathingself-discoveryflow
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Solitude
The Science and Power of Being Alone
 , pp. 131 - 157
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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