Environmental Psychology: How Your Surroundings Shape Your Mind
CITY STROLLING
BENEFITS FOR: Stress, fatigue.
Urban landscapes can also bring benefits. In 2017, Spanish researchers investigated the effects of walking in ‘the built environment’, comparing a square full of greenery and one containing scant greenery but with bars, shops and a church.
Forty-six tired, stressed participants were surveyed before, during
... See moreA 2015 study from Stanford University demonstrated that those who took a ninety-minute walk through a natural landscape had reduced neural activity in an area of the brain linked to risk for mental illness compared to those who walked in an urban environment.