Comments on: Does Living In a City Cause Brain Damage? http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2009/01/05/does-living-in-a-city-cause-brain-damage/ Uniting the Asian Conscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dialectic http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2009/01/05/does-living-in-a-city-cause-brain-damage/#comment-7866 Dialectic Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:41:40 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/?p=847#comment-7866 Great article. I like the idea of viewing urban and natural environments in high/low pressure contexts. Higher pressure environments can lead to greater achievements, but also more conflict and decay. I love the city and country both, but at heart, I need to be part of a big city. Great article. I like the idea of viewing urban and natural environments in high/low pressure contexts. Higher pressure environments can lead to greater achievements, but also more conflict and decay. I love the city and country both, but at heart, I need to be part of a big city.

]]> By: doppelganger http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2009/01/05/does-living-in-a-city-cause-brain-damage/#comment-7865 doppelganger Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:43:01 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/?p=847#comment-7865 Yeah there was an experiment nearly 20 years ago on rats. Some rats lived in cramped apartment complex-like cages and some rats had lots of space to live and play around in. they opened up these rats at the end of their lives, and the difference in their neuron development was clear as night and day. the ones that lived in the country had well developed neurons with dendrites in every direction. the ones that lived in the city had skinny undeveloped neurons. Yeah there was an experiment nearly 20 years ago on rats. Some rats lived in cramped apartment complex-like cages and some rats had lots of space to live and play around in. they opened up these rats at the end of their lives, and the difference in their neuron development was clear as night and day. the ones that lived in the country had well developed neurons with dendrites in every direction. the ones that lived in the city had skinny undeveloped neurons.

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