Sonja Sudimac

Postdoctoral researcher
Center for Environmental Neuroscience
Max Planck Institute for Human Development

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Max Planck Society has chosen our article "How nature nurtures" within 12 publications of great social relevance in 2022! ☺️
@VeraSale5 @KuehnSim @mpib_berlin #EnvPsych #neuroscience
Check out all @maxplanckpress 12 articles here 👇

[Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress]

Many publications by Max Planck scientists in 2022 were of great social relevance or met with a great media response. We have selected 12 articles to present you with an overview of some noteworthy research of the year 👏https://t.co/UdYeSyscBM

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

How do the environments we live in shape our brain?

In the interview with Storyteller Magazine, I talk about our research on environmental neuroscience and why everyday surroundings, from urban spaces to nature, matter for our mental and brain health.🌳🧠
https://t.co/hx0bIEO2cF

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

I really enjoyed taking part in the @BerlinUAlliance #CareerDay and sharing my career journey in a panel discussion with early-career researchers.✨
Many thanks to the organisers and fellow panelists for creating such a valuable space for exchange!

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Excited to see #ClicBrain officially launch! 🚀
Happy to be part of this major Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action, bringing together 16 countries worldwide to generate evidence on how climate change, urbanisation, migration and socioeconomic factors shape #BrainHealth🧠 @mpib_berlin

[Agustin Ibañez @AgustinMIbanez]

🌎🧠 CliCBrain is officially launched. An @HorizonEU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action, CliCBrain brings together 23 partners across 16 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America to tackle one of today’s most urgent challenges: how the exposome (climate change, socioeconomic factors, urbanisation, migration) jointly shapes brain health across the life course. Led by @tcddublin and uniting academia, NGOs and SMEs, the project integrates neuroscience, computational epidemiology, environmental science, urban design, social sciences, arts and policy to move from data and exposome science to real-world community action and policy impact. #CliCBrain will generate new evidence, tools and solutions that protect brain health and help societies flourish in a changing environment.
👉 Learn more: https://t.co/0V9GwRDHOV Delighted to led this project with @EoinCotter2 & @godoymeugenia and @GBHI_Fellows

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Mobile MRI finally arrived! 🚀
Excited for the new adventures ahead and the incredible research possibilities this opens up for #Environmental #Neuroscience — putting neuroscience on wheels and into the real world 🚐🧠 Looking forward to the first expeditions! @mpib_berlin

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

We are hiring!✨
Looking for motivated students to join the Center for Environmental Neuroscience as a Research Assistant! Apply here 👇
https://t.co/oVbfLyWeCg

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Had a truly great time at #ICEP2025 in beautiful Vilnius, Lithuania! 😊
So rewarding to reconnect with the environmental psychology community, and exciting to see so much emerging neuroscience research in the field! 🧠🌿

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

My new text for @klima101 about a recent study by @_maxsteininger showing that watching nature videos can decrease pain as well as pain-related neural activity! 🌿🧠

[klima101_rs @klima101]

Zamislite da vas boli glava, ali umesto da posegnete za analgetikom, odete u obližnji park, gledate u zelenilo, slušate šum lišća i cvrkut ptica.

Novo istraživanje pokazalo je da samo snimci prirode ublažavaju bol, i to na nivou moždanih aktivnosti:

https://t.co/JV1T2rqK2E

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

If you're at #ICEP2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania, come visit our session "Neural & Physiological Responses to Restorative Environments" at 14h in the Dawn Room! 🌳🧠🫀

[klima101_rs @klima101]

Prema velikoj globalnoj studiji, da su gradovi bili za 30% zeleniji moglo je biti spašeno čak 1,16 miliona života od 2000. do 2019.

Računica je jasna: više zelenila, niže temperature, manja smrtnost od vrućina.

A Beograd se kreće u suprotnom smeru...⬇️

https://t.co/f66jmGW5pb

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

We are hiring! ✨
Are you a bachelor's or master's student interested in neuroscience? Apply for a research assistant position at the Center for Environmental Neuroscience in the Max Planck Institute for Human Development! 🧠🌿
https://t.co/POme8xTnQk

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Swedish national TV featured our Walk study, which explored how a walk in nature impacts the brain, in their documentary on stress!
Check it out at minute 36! 📺🧠🌳

#stress #brain #nature #EnvPsych
@SharonJma @mpib_berlin

https://t.co/buhde7VQjp

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

I had a wonderful time at #CESCOP24, in Lillehammer, hosted by @HiInnlandet 🇸🇯
It was an amazing conference with very interesting and diverse research in #EnvironmentalPsychology. Eager to continue the conversations going and reconnecting with everyone soon!

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

If you are at #CESCOP2024 in Lillehammer, Norway, join us tomorrow at 12:45 in the Auditorium G. I'll be sharing my research on how residential #nature and #urban environments impact #stress in mothers and infants. Hope to see you there!

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Excited to be giving a talk tomorrow at the University of Bergen, Norway, hosted by @simongrassini!
I'll be sharing my recent research on the benefits of walking in nature for stress relief, brain function, and brain structure. Join us if you are around!

@BergenUib #EnvPsych

[maxsteininger @_maxsteininger]

I had the pleasure of writing a chapter with @KuehnSim, @SSudimac, and Moana Beyer on how using MRI helps to understand the link between the environment and the human brain.
This would have been hugely helpful at the start of my PhD in environmental neuroscience. Check it out 👇

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

The book "Environmental Neuroscience" by @KuehnSim is out! 🎉 Together with Moana Beyer and @_maxsteininger, we contributed a chapter on MRI studies exploring how the environment shapes the brain. 🌳🏙️🧠
Check it out here👇
@mpib_berlin #EnvPsych
https://t.co/FWxZzRJfQu

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

It was a pleasure giving an interview for @NautilusMag and talking about my research with @CaitLChandler ☺️
Check out the article "Can trees heal you?" here👇
#EnvPsych #nature #brain @mpib_berlin

[Nautilus Magazine @NautilusMag]

Scientists assigned people to go on an hour-long walk, some in the woods and some in the city. Those who walked in the woods returned with measurably lower activity in their amygdala, the region of the brain that activates in stressful situations. https://t.co/qt6LOHLc6U

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

The world’s largest nature-therapy project in England shows that activities like nature walks, community gardening, tree planting, and wild swimming have improved mental health for over 8,000 people. 🚶🌳 #GreenPrescription #NatureTherapy #EnvPsych

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

‘Better than medication’: prescribing nature works, project shows https://t.co/OG2wEYRlRQ

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

Our new paper is published! 🎉
We discovered beneficial structural changes in the brain after just a one-hour walk in a forest. 🌲🧠
Thanks @KuehnSim and @mpib_berlin!

Check out the full paper here👇
https://t.co/TZEATsIePE

#neuroplasticity #nature #EnvPsych

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

@DamienBrevers @mpib_berlin Thanksss!

[Sonja Sudimac @SSudimac]

#PhDone! 💪👩‍🎓
Thanks to everyone who was part of this incredible journey! ☺️ Now I am excited to start a new position as a postdoctoral researcher at the newly established Center for Environmental Neuroscience at the @mpib_berlin 😊