Publications

(* denotes student author, denotes 2 authors contributed equally to manuscript)

2023

LoTemplio, S., McDonnell, A. S., Nadkarni, N., Walker, S., Gallegos-Riofrío, C. A., Scott, E. E., … & Strayer, D. L. (2023). Healthy by Nature: Policy Practices Aimed at Maximizing the Human Behavioral Health Benefits of Nature Contact. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences10(2), 247-255.

LoTemplio, S., Silcox, J., Murdock, R., Strayer, D. L., & Payne, B. R. (2023). To err is human‐to understand error‐processing is divine: Contributions of working memory and anxiety to error‐related brain and pupil responses. Psychophysiology, e14392.

LoTemplio, S., Bettmann, J. E., Scott, E., & Blumenthal, E. (2023). Do Mental Health Changes in Nature Co-occur with Changes in Heartrate Variability and Executive Functioning? A Systematic Review. Current Environmental Health Reports10(3), 278-290.

Jecmen, D*., & LoTemplio, S. (2023). Improvements in Depressive Symptoms in Nature May Be Partly Caused by Improvements in Vagal Tone: A Review and Theoretical Perspective. Ecopsychology.

LoTemplio, S., Lopes, C.L., McDonnell, A.S., Scott, E.E., Payne, B.R., & Strayer, D.L., (2023). Updating the relationship of the Ne/ERN to task-related behavior: A brief review and suggestions for future research, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 17, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1150244

Scott, E.E.†Crabtree, K.W.*†, McDonell, A.S., LoTemplio, S.B., McNay, G.D., &Strayer, D.L (2023). Measuring Affect and Complex Working Memory in Natural versus Urban Environments. Frontiers Journal of Psychology – Environmental Psychology, 14, 1039334. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1039334

2021

Scott, E.E., McDonnell, A.M., LoTemplio, S., Uchino, B. & Strayer, D.L. (2021). Toward a Unified Model of Stress Recovery and Cognitive Restoration in Nature. Parks Stewardship Forum, 37(1), 46-60.

LoTemplio, S., Silcox, J., Federmeir, K., Payne, B.R. (2021). Inter- and intra-individual coupling between pupillary, electrophysiological, and behavioral responses in a visual oddball task. Psychophysiology, 58(4).

2020

Scott, E.E., LoTemplio, S., McDonnell, A.M., McNay, G.D., Greenberg, K.G., McKinney, T.L., Uchino, B.N., Strayer, D.L. (2020) Immersion in Nature is Associated with Changes in Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability. Psychophysiology, 58(4).

Hopman, R.J., LoTemplio, S., Scott, E.E., McKinney, T.L., Strayer, D.L. (2020). Neuroelectric Biomarkers of Attention Change from Prolonged Exposure in a Natural Environment. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5(1), 1-13 

LoTemplio, S., Scott, E.S., McDonnell, A., Hopman, R.J., Castro, S.C., McNay, G.D., McKinney, T.L.,Greenberg, K., Payne, B.R., Strayer, D.L. (2020). Nature as a Potential Modulator of the Error Related Negativity: A Registered Report. International Journal of International Psychophysiology, 156, 49-59.

2017

LoTemplio, S., Reynolds, T., Eshete, A., Abrahams, M., Bruesewitz, D., & Wall, J. A. (2016). Ethiopian Orthodox church forests provide hydrological ecosystem services: evidence from stream sediment and aquatic insect analyses. African Journal of Ecology 55, 247-251.