Exploring the effects of short-term forest bathing on anxious medical undergraduates’ stressful emotions using near-infrared functional brain imaging and facial expression technology

Short-term forest bathing reduces physiological stress markers, enhances nature connectedness/positive emotions, alleviates stress via modified cerebral blood flow, and improves memory and reduce cognitive fatigue to a certain extent. As a low-cost, easy-to-implement strategy, it is may recommended for enrolled medical undergraduates' mental health curricula to build sustainable stress management.