Your Brain on Nature
This segment originally aired live on July 30, 2015. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on September 7, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.
Gretchen Cara Daily, professor of environmental science at Stanford University, senior fellow in the Woods Institute for the Environment, and director of the Center for Conservation Biology, talks about the studies she co-authored showing a path to mental health through walking in nature.
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Posted by Brian Lehrer on Sunday, 26 July 2015
Cognitive scientists define “brooding”: a mental state in which we chew over which things are wrong with ourselves/our lives.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015
Urban dwellers: do you seek nature in your everyday life? How does it help you? Does missing a day affect you? 212-433-9692
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015
By 2050, 70% of people will live in cities, with a dramatic decrease in nature exposure + uptick in mental health issues. (@StanfordWoods)
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015
Even a short walk in a park - like on your lunch break - is something a lot of us could easily benefit from, says Prof Daily @Stanford.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015
@BrianLehrer there's urban & there's NY... We're lucky...amazingly green for major American "real" city...not an incorporation of burbs
— P Ebo (@EBOlady) July 30, 2015
Cool research underway: -positive effects of chemicals from plants -high freq sounds in forests that we can’t hear but make us feel better
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 30, 2015
