Tag: environment

Study suggests greening vacant lots reduces feelings of depression in city dwellers

From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release: Greening vacant urban land significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, researchers from… Read more »

Study suggests being raised in greener neighborhoods may have beneficial effects on brain development

From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: Primary schoolchildren who have been raised in homes surrounded by more greenspace tend to present with larger volumes of white… Read more »

Study links exposure to air pollution with increased likelihood of unethical behaviour

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Exposure to air pollution, even imagining exposure to air pollution, may lead to unethical behavior, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a… Read more »

Study suggests short nature intervention can bring out the best in people

From the University of British Columbia Okanagan campus press release: Is it any wonder that most happiness idioms are associated with nature? Happy as a pig in muck, happy as a… Read more »

Study suggests some natural environments more psychologically beneficial than others

From the University of Surrey press release: Spending time in rural and coastal locations is more psychologically beneficial to individuals than time spent in urban green spaces, a new study… Read more »

Study suggests living close to green spaces is associated with better attention in children

From the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) press release: Natural surroundings, including green spaces, may be beneficial for brain development in children, but evidence is still limited. A previous ISGlobal… Read more »

Study suggests air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes reduces the growth of working memory

From the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) press release: A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institute supported by the “la Caixa” Banking Foundation, has… Read more »

Study suggests emphasizing individual solutions to big issues can reduce support for government efforts

From the Stanford University press release: Following the shutdown of the Fukushima power plant, which endured one of the worst nuclear accidents in history in 2011 due to a 9.0… Read more »