The Benefits Of Biodiversity
Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 14:10
in Psychology & Sociology
If you've recently spent some time in a "greenspace"--an area of undeveloped landscape--you may have found that it improved your mood, reduced feelings of stress, and left you feeling more relaxed. These are only a few of the benefits of natural areas, which have also been shown to increase lifespan, reduce the length of time needed to recover from surgery, and improve cognitive abilities. Despite the growing amount of attention paid to these physical and mental effects of greenspaces, there has been little to no work investigating why natural areas have this positive impact on human visitors--until now. read more