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From screens to green: Digital and natural environments as ecological affordances across childhood, mating, and parenting stages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2026

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Bin-Bin Chen*
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Department of Psychology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China chenbinbin@fudan.edu.cn
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Abstract

This commentary extends Ko and Neuberg’s theoretical framework by incorporating two underexplored but developmentally critical ecological conditions of environments: digital social and outdoor natural environments. Applying life history and affordance management perspectives, it examines how these environments can be perceived as opportunities and threats across childhood, mating, and parenting stages. Incorporating these ecologies enhances the framework’s theoretical scope and relevance to modern developmental realities.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e62
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