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A new study published in Environment and Behavior highlights the profound impact of nature’s beauty on human behavior, specifically in fostering cooperative efforts to conserve environmental resources. Researchers found that participants were more likely to cooperate in resource-sharing scenarios when the potential environmental consequences of overconsumption were made evident, especially...
North America is home to the Great Lakes—Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior—spanning the borders of several U.S. states and Canada. These vast freshwater bodies are renowned for their size, but they pale in comparison to a prehistoric lake that once dominated the continent: Lake Agassiz. Among the Great Lakes,...
A neuroimaging study of torture survivors found that these individuals exhibit decreased connectivity in brain networks associated with response inhibition, attention, and motor function during a cognitive Go/No-Go task. This effect may be specifically linked to the dysphoria symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The research was published in Biological...
