It was not that mere physical admiration of beauty that is born of the senses and that dies when the senses tire.

NEWYORKER: Deceptive Picture

The phrase nature deficit disorder was coined in 2005 by author Richard Louv, who argued that the human cost of "alienation from nature" was measured in "diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses".

BBC: Nature deficit disorder 'damaging Britain's children'