Mathew White, BSc MSc PhD
T: +43-1-4277-22005

Swami, V., White, M. P., Voracek, M., Tran, U. S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Soares Amaral, A. C., Andrianto, S., ... Stieger, S. (2024). Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 99, Artikel 102432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432

Većkalov, B., Geiger, S. J., Bartoš, F., White, M. P., Rutjens, B. T., van Harreveld, F., Stablum, F., Akın, B., Aldoh, A., Bai, J., Berglund, F., Bratina Zimic, A., Broyles, M., Catania, A., Chen, A., Chorzępa, M., Farahat, E., Götz, J., Hoter-Ishay, B., ... van der Linden, S. (2024). A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change. Nature Human Behaviour, 8(10), 1892-1905. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2

Mizen, A., Thompson, D. A., Watkins, A., Akbari, A., Garrett, J. K., Geary, R., Lovell, R., Lyons, R. A., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Parker, S. C., Rowney, F. M., Song, J., Stratton, G., Wheeler, B. W., White, J., White, M. P., Williams, S., Rodgers, S. E., & Fry, R. (2024). The use of Enhanced Vegetation Index for assessing access to different types of green space in epidemiological studies. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 34(5), 753-760. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-024-00650-5


Martin, L., White, M. P., Elliott, L. R., Grellier, J., Astell-Burt, T., Bratman, G. N., Lima, M. L., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., van den Bosch, M., & Fleming, L. E. (2024). Mechanisms underlying the associations between different types of nature exposure and sleep duration: An 18-country analysis. Environmental Research, 250, Artikel 118522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118522


Grellier, J., White, M. P., de Bell, S., Brousse, O., Elliott, L. R., Fleming, L. E., Heaviside, C., Simpson, C., Taylor, T., Wheeler, B. W., & Lovell, R. (2024). Valuing the health benefits of nature-based recreational physical activity in England. Environment International, 187, Artikel 108667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2024.108667


Patwary, M. M., Bardhan, M., Browning, M. H. E. M., Astell-Burt, T., van den Bosch, M., Dong, J., Dzhambov, A. M., Dadvand, P., Fasolino, T., Markevych, I., McAnirlin, O., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., White, M., & van den Eeden, S. (2024). The economics of nature's healing touch: A systematic review and conceptual framework of green space, pharmaceutical prescriptions, and healthcare expenditure associations. Science of the Total Environment, 914, Artikel 169635. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169635




Bratman, G. N., Mehta, A., Olvera-Alvarez, H., Spink, K. M., Levy, C., White, M. P., Kubzansky, L. D., & Gross, J. J. (2024). Associations of nature contact with emotional ill-being and well-being: the role of emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 38(5), 748-767. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2316199


Garrett, J. K., White, M., Elliott, L. R., Grellier, J., Bell, S., Bratman, G. N., Economou, T., Gascon, M., Lõhmus, M., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Ojala, A., Roiko, A., van den Bosch, M., Ward Thompson, C., & Fleming, L. E. (2023). Applying an ecosystem services framework on nature and mental health to recreational blue space visits across 18 countries. Scientific Reports (Nature Publisher Group), 13(1), Artikel 2209. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28544-w

Doell, K. C., Berman, M. G., Bratman, G. N., Knutson, B., Kühn, S., Lamm, C., Pahl, S., Sawe, N., Van Bavel, J. J., White, M. P., & Brosch, T. (2023). Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research. Nature Climate Change, 13(12), 1288-1297. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01857-4

White, M., Hartig, T., Martin, L., Pahl, S., van den Berg, A. E., Wells, N. M., Costongs, C., Dzhambov, A. M., Elliott, L. R., Godfrey, A., Hartl, A., Konijnendijk, C., Litt, J. S., Lovell, R., Lymeus, F., O'Driscoll, C., Pichler, C., Pouso, S., Razani, N., ... van den Bosch, M. (2023). Nature-based biopsychosocial resilience: An integrative theoretical framework for research on nature and health. Environment International, 181, Artikel 108234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108234


Geary, R. S., Thompson, D., Mizen, A., Akbari, A., Garrett, J. K., Rowney, F. M., Watkins, A., Lyons, R. A., Stratton, G., Lovell, R., Nieuwenhuijsen, M., Parker, S. C., Song, J., Tsimpida, D., White, J., White, M. P., Williams, S., Wheeler, B. W., Fry, R., & Rodgers, S. E. (2023). Ambient greenness, access to local green spaces, and subsequent mental health: a 10-year longitudinal dynamic panel study of 2·3 million adults in Wales. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(10), e809-e818. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00212-7

Nature exposure reduces self-reported acute pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Maximilian Steininger (Vortragende*r), Jonas Nitschke (Autor*in), Lea Schenk (Autor*in), Mathew White (Autor*in) & Claus Lamm (Autor*in)

16 Sept. 2024

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Nature exposure reduces self-reported acute pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Maximilian Steininger (Vortragende*r), Jonas Nitschke (Autor*in), Lea Schenk (Autor*in), Mathew White (Autor*in) & Claus Lamm (Autor*in)

5 Juli 2024

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Exposure to virtual nature decreases neural nociceptive processing and self-reported ratings during acute pain

Maximilian Steininger (Vortragende*r), Mathew White (Autor*in), Lukas Lengersdorff (Autor*in), Lei Zhang (Autor*in), Alexander J. Smalley (Autor*in), Simone Kühn (Autor*in) & Claus Lamm (Autor*in)

24 Mai 2024

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Natural environments relieve pain: How exposure to nature stimuli impacts the neural processing of pain

Maximilian Steininger (Vortragende*r), Mathew White (Autor*in), Lei Zhang (Autor*in), Alexander J. Smalley (Autor*in), Simone Kühn (Autor*in) & Claus Lamm (Autor*in)

22 Juni 2023

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


The importance of urban nature for population healthand Human Health

Mathew White (Invited speaker)

23 Sept. 2021

Aktivität: VorträgeVortragScience to Science


Institut für Klinische und Gesundheitspsychologie

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1010 Wien

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