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- The New Yorker:"Don't! The secret of self-control." May 2009
- New York Times:"Guest Column: Can We Increase Our Intelligence?" March 2009
- Newsweek:"In Our Nature" February 2009
- Boston Globe:"How the city hurts your brain" January 2009
- Discover Magazine: "Top 100 Stories of 2008 #56: Memory Training Can Make You Smarter" (Study ranked in the top 100 best scientific discoveries of the year 2008) December 2008
- Science News(Content accessible to users only) May 2008
- Nature News"Do games improve mental performance?" April 2008
- New Scientist:"Simple brain exercise can boost IQ" April 2008
- New York Times:"Memory Training Shown to Turn Up Brainpower" April 2008
- Scientific American:"Study Shows Brain Power Can Be Bolstered--Maybe" April 2008
- Wired Magazine:"Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter" April 2008
- The Times (UK)
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- The Globe and Mail:"Why is walking in the woods so good for you?" May 2012
- Huffington Post: "A Walk a Day Keeps the Depression at Bay" May 2012
- Medical Daily:"Nature Walk Helps Enhance Cognitive Skills in People Diagnosed with Depression" May 2012
- The New York Times:"Can You Make Yourself Smarter?" April 2012
- Wired.com:"The Willpower Circuit" September 2011
- The Wall Street Journal:"Coffee Break? Walk in the Park? Why Unwinding Is Hard" August 2011
- APS 23rd Annual Convention:"Using Your Brain to Get Smarter" June 2011
- HealthCanal.com"Brain training can boost kids' intelligence" June 2011
- Los Angeles Times:"Memory training improves intelligence in some children, report says" June 2011
- US News & World Report:"Training via Video Game Shown to Boost Kids' Brain Power" June 2011
- The Wall Street Journal:"Boot Camp for Boosting IQ" June 2011
- Wired.com:"A Simple Exercise to Boost IQ" June 2011
- HealthCanal.com:"Health News - A brain training exercise that really does work" May 2011
- UM News Service:"A brain training exercise that really does work" May 2011
- New York Times:"Digital Devices Deprive Brain of Needed Downtime" August 2010
- Wired.com:"The Psychology of Nature" August 2010
- Reuters.com:"Lumosity.com Brings Intelligence Training to the Web" November 2009
- Boston.com"How the city hurts your brain" January 2009
- Ethics Soup:"Nature Restores the Mind: Just a Walk in the Park" January 2009
- The Ann Arbor News: "How nature soothes: Involuntary attention gives your brain a break"December 2008
- HealthJockey.com"Researchers say nature stroll irrespective of weather enhances cognition" December 2008
- medicalnewstoday.com"The Benefits of a Walk in the Park" December 2008
- Sify.com:"Regular walk in a park can help improve memory" December 2008
- UPI.com"Walk in park better than downtown walk" December 2008
- National Science Foundation:"Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts" June 2008
- Schizophrenia News Forum:"Training Study Questions Fixed Nature of Fluid Intelligence" May 2008
- Sharp Brains:"Can Intelligence Be Trained? Martin Buschkuehl shows how" May 2008
- BBC News:"Mental workout 'boosts the brain'" April 2008
- Bloomberg: "Complex Memory Test Helps Young Adults Solve Problems Faster" April 2008
- CBS News:"Boost Your Memory, Become Smarter?" April 2008
- Daily Telegraph (UK)
Media
- Global News: "News Hour - Park prescription" May 2012
- BMED Report: "N-Back Computer Training Task Improves Fluid Intelligence" June 2011
- ScinCentral.com: "Go Play Outside" March 2009 (Video interviewing Marc and John about the first nature study findings)
- Wisconsin Public Radio (The Joy Cardin Show)
- Michigan Public Radio (The Environment Report): "Interview: Nature Improves Productivity" March 2009
- ScienceCentral News: "Go Play Outside" March 2009
- ScienceCentral News: "Brain 'Boot Camp' Makes You Smarter" December 2008
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