Sonja Sudimac
LIFE Berlin
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. (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
Tawil, N., Sztuka, I. M., Pohlmann, K., Sudimac, S., & Kühn, S. (2021). The living space: Psychological well-being and mental health in response to virtual interior architecture in a free exploration paradigm. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(23), Article 12510. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312510