Nature Benefits Non‑depleted People

A recent Max Planck review found only eight studies that directly compare natural versus urban exposure in already healthy people and reports mostly positive, though heterogeneous, effects on cognition, mood, and affect. The literature is small and fragmented, suggesting a research gap rather than definitive proof, but it implies that nature may be an enhancing — not only restorative — influence. — If true, the idea expands public‑health and urban policy arguments for greenspace (workplace design, city planning, schoolyards) from treating illness to promoting baseline population well‑being.