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A recent study published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology suggests that spending time in nature can increase how much we see others as fully human.
This effect is largely due to a sense of self-transcendence, a feeling of connection to something larger than oneself.
This enhanced perception of humanness in others encourages prosocial behaviors, such as helping and cooperating with others.
Study 5 sought to explore the underlying mechanism of the effect observed in previous studies.
Participants in the nature condition attributed higher levels of humanness to Chinese people than those in the control condition.
Mediation analysis revealed that self-transcendence partially accounted for the effect of nature contact on humanness perception.
The heightened perception, in turn, promotes positive social interactions such as prosocial behavior.
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