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., Drewelies, J., de Weerth, C., & Kühn, S. (2026). Effects of a walk in a residential natural vs. urban environment on objective and subjective stress indicators in mothers and their infants. Environmental Research, 306, Article 125125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2026.125125

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., 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