Sonja Sudimac

External LIFE Fellow from 2020 to 2024, MPI for Human Development

Dr. rer. nat.

Dissertation defended at Freie Universität Berlin in June 2024

Exposure to Natural Versus Urban Environments: Short-Term Effects on Stress, Stress-Related Brain Function, and Hippocampal Structure

(Advisor: Simone Kühn)

Selected Publications

Sudimac, S., & Kühn, S. (2024). Can a nature walk change your brain? Investigating hippocampal brain plasticity after one hour in a forest. Environmental Research, 262, Article 119813. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.119813

Sudimac, S., & Kühn, S. (2022). A one-hour walk in nature reduces amygdala activity in women, but not in men. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 931905. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.931905

Sudimac, S., Sale, V., & Kühn, S. (2022). How nature nurtures: Amygdala activity decreases as the result of a one-hour walk in nature. Molecular Psychiatry, 27, 4446–4452. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-022-01720-6