City life bad for the brain?

Overman, Henry G. (2011) City life bad for the brain? Spatial Economics Research Centre Blog (29 Jun 2011). Website.

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Research looking at brain activity suggests that brains of city dwellers react differently to those of rural inhabitants when people are subject to stress. The findings were quite widely reported, but reading the paper suggests considerable caution in interpreting the results (as the authors, but not all the reporting, points out).

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://spatial-economics.blogspot.co.uk/
Additional Information:	© 2011 The Author(s); Online
Divisions:	Geography & Environment Spatial Economics Research Centre Centre for Economic Performance What Works Centre
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Sets:	Departments > Geography and Environment Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Research centres and groups > What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth (WWG) Collections > LSE Spatial Economics Research Centre Blog
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2017 14:09
Last Modified:	20 Feb 2019 13:41
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/82812

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