Urbanization Is Associated with Increased Levels of Mental Illness

Urbanization Is Associated with Increased Levels of Mental Illness

Reading Time: 2 minutes Urbanization is associated with increased levels of mental illness, but it’s not yet clear why.  It has been suggested that decreased nature experience may help to explain the link between urbanization and mental illness.  One mechanism [toward increased mental illness—Luke] might be the impact of nature exposure on rumination, a maladaptive pattern of self-referential thought that is associated with heightened risk for depression and other mental illnesses. Our findings of the effects…

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“Children Raised Without Religion Are Kinder and More Empathetic, Study Finds” (Thankfully, we then studied the study.)

“Children Raised Without Religion Are Kinder and More Empathetic, Study Finds” (Thankfully, we then studied the study.)

Reading Time: 3 minutes ❗Read the link towards the bottom.❗ Confirmation bias can be a tough thing to overcome, especially if it is combined with intellectual laziness, or simply an unwillingness to “think about our thinking.” I am habitually guilty of this, and constant vigilance is required to combat such bad habits. Read the article above. To this day, I still see it posted across the internet, and even, on occasion, from more reputable…

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