Here's another similar experiment but this time only in one mountain village and the (much less in number) participants were middle-aged and seniors. the results are pretty much the same though.<p><a href="http://www.u-ths.ac.jp/wp-files/2014/04/kiyou2013-5.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.u-ths.ac.jp/wp-files/2014/04/kiyou2013-5.pdf</a>
The Onion: California Man's Beach-Walking Hobby is Kinda-Sorta Validated by Science<p>"People used to laugh at me when they read on my online dating profile that I enjoy long walks on the beach. They thought it was some kind of joke," said Michael Anderson, a Southern California resident. "Well, who is laughing now?"<p>--<p>Seriously though, the therapeutic effects of nature exposure are well-documented, at least anecdotally. I'm glad someone took the effort to scientifically validate them (even though it is a non-double-blind experiment with only 12 subjects).