Health and Human Performance
Meredith Berry Research Group
Led by Meredith Berry · Health Education and Behavior
What we study
The Berry Lab studies drug misuse, behavioral economics, and nature's effects on health. They use experiments, surveys, and behavioral economics methods to explore addiction, decision-making, and environmental health.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Making Time for Nature: Visual Expo
Studies whether seeing or spending time in nature changes health-related behaviors, using visual exposure experiments and behavioral economics methods.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Treating chronic pain with low dose ketamine and adjunct therapies within a biopsychosocial approach: a case series
2026 · Frontiers in Pain Research
Describes a case series using low-dose ketamine with other therapies for chronic pain.
- Teaching techniques and goals of environmental youth educators in nonformal settings
2026 · Natural sciences education
Examines how environmental educators teach youth in nonformal settings.
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- Effects of visual exposure to natural (vs. Built) environments on delay discounting and demand for substances: Preliminary evidence and future directions.
2026 · Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Tests whether viewing nature vs. built environments affects substance use decisions in two studies.
- Hypothetical food purchase tasks and eating behavior: A systematized review and future directions
2026 · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Reviews studies on hypothetical food purchases to understand their impact on eating behavior.
- Outdoor Natural Versus Built Experiments: A Scoping Review and Methodological Recommendations for Psychological Science
2025 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Summarizes nature exposure studies and suggests outdoor experiment methods.
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