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Ann's avatar

"when we are shown nature scenes, the parts of our brain associated with empathy and love lite up, and when we’re shown urban scenes the fear and anxiety parts are triggered"

I can see that a country bumkin is afraid of the big city because they don’t understand where it is “safe”, or how to ride the subway. But wouldn’t the opposite be true for city dwellers. Wouldn’t they be afraid of snakes or cows or something?

Is the research about seeing photographs or about experiencing nature. By experiencing I mean walking, gardening, swimming, skiing , camping etc.

Pru, keep up the great work. I really look forward to your newsletter every week. Thank you for writing it.

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Nedra H's avatar

Bruce just read about a Scandinavian custom of going outside, daily, for air and light and sun for at least 1 hr. Even teleconferencing is done outside. We have taken to renaming our daily walks as our Scandinavian Stroll...

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