Environmental Neuroscience Lab

Environmental Neuroscience Lab @UChicago directed by Dr. Marc Berman
Focusing on how the physical environment affects the brain & behavior

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

Hi All. The book that I have been working on is now available for pre-order. Nature and the Mind: The Science of How Nature Improves Cognitive, Physical and Social Wellbeing: Berman, Marc: 9781668058770: https://t.co/DrGp4IxyP1: Books https://t.co/7IU4aKoXh6

[Luis M. A. Bettencourt @BettencourtLuis]

New paper on Roman Britain develops a new understanding of economic growth; shows how it happens in pre-industrial societies. New methods allow separation of intensive from extensive growth, due to settlement scaling @sfiscience @miurban
https://t.co/Ma3lZcrmtf

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

We're hiring a new lab manager to start this summer at the Environmental Neuroscience Lab! This is an ideal opportunity for motivated applicants looking to gain cutting-edge research experience in preparation for graduate school. Please distribute!

https://t.co/Ioc9MqLyMK

[Dan O'Brien @DanOUrban]

Conceptual story: Crime is explained by the management of commercial establishments AND context. And demographics still matter, too, as crime is higher in high-poverty communities, controlling for the effects of managers.

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

Thrilled to share an exciting new paper from our post-doc, Riley Tucker, published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology! The study found that restaurants in Boston with higher ratings on Yelp tended to have lower rates of commercial disturbance. https://t.co/GjcQ4TXBGw

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

@Mandy_Seccia Proud of our current (soon to be former) post-doc!

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

We tested 10 behavioral interventions to mitigate #climatechange in 63 countries (N = 59,440)

The interventions’ effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes:

-Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%)
-Policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%)
-Information sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%)
-No intervention increased the more effortful behavior—several interventions even backfired by reducing tree planting!

Our paper is in @ScienceAdvances : https://t.co/e28wBltTlg

It was led by @vlasceanu_mada and @kim_doell and included a massive team of over 250 collaborators from around the world!

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

Excited about our new paper out today in nature communications. It was a great collaborative effort led by ⁦@andrew_stier⁩ with ⁦@BettencourtLuis⁩ ⁦@Sajjadi_Sina⁩ and ⁦@fariba_k⁩ finding lower racial biases in larger cities. https://t.co/p6naI8Bgfk

[Louisa Lyu @LouisaLyu1]

Now out in @SfNJournals #JNeurosci: https://t.co/wvBnOEE5IU

People infer intentions from other's behaviors. How do individual differences in hostile attribution bias affect how they process social scenarios? w/ @Zishan__Su, @Dawn_M_Neumann, @kim_meidenbauer, @YuanChangLeong.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

Our new paper outlines how neuroscience can be used to:
(1) study the impact of climate change on the brain
(2) identify ways to adapt
(3) study the neural substrates of environmental decisions & outcomes
(4) create better communication & interventions https://t.co/UKZgWkkQ4K

[Kim Doell @kim_doell]

🚨🚨🚨We have a new perspective out today in @natureclimate called “Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research” https://t.co/OXEMMxcODk where we call on brain researchers to help combat #climatechange🧵

[Dr. Kim Meidenbauer @kim_meidenbauer]

An extremely cool new paper led by the singular @kate_schertz published in @JEnvPsych! 🎉Proud to have contributed (along with several past/present @EnvNeuroLab members) to this work on how environments influence our thoughts and connections to others and the world around us! 😊

[Psychology Today @PsychToday]

Lonely or overly self-focused? Natural spaces can help. @kim_meidenbauer explains how. https://t.co/NzXUlLRB1z

[Monica Rosenberg @monicarosenb]

🌴CAB Lab posters #VSS2023

Sat AM: Julia Pruin asks if memorability can rescue memory during an attn lapse @WilmaBainbridge @MdeBettencourt

Sun PM: @AnnaCorriveau investigates aud+vis sustained attn &effects on memory

Tues PM: Ziwei Zhang debuts a 🧠model of surprise @zzwziwei

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

We are still actively looking for applicants!

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

The Environmental Neuroscience Lab is actively hiring a new lab manager to start this summer! This is a great opportunity to gain research experience in preparation for grad school in a supportive and cutting-edge research lab. Please distribute widely! https://t.co/K6PUhm0GJv

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

The Environmental Neuroscience Lab is actively hiring a new lab manager to start this summer! This is a great opportunity to gain research experience in preparation for grad school in a supportive and cutting-edge research lab. Please distribute widely! https://t.co/K6PUhm0GJv

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

@monicarosenb We are really impressed by this work which is really cool and important environmental neuroscience research! Thanks for leading it Omid!

[Monica Rosenberg @monicarosenb]

New CAB Lab preprint from Omid Kardan! Change in an existing fMRI network model of cognitive performance predicts improvement in cog perf from age 9-10 to 11-12. These changes were associated w/an important aspect of the physical environment: air pollution https://t.co/npegFE0nii

[Environmental Neuroscience Lab @EnvNeuroLab]

@TheAgenda @spaikin @ebombicino Thanks for having me on the show @spaikin @ebombicino @TheAgenda. I hope policy makers take our research seriously. Science is showing that public greenspaces are a necessity not an amenity.

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

It’s certainly more beautiful to be surrounded by mature trees than endless concrete and traffic — and research suggests it could be better for your mental and physical health as well. @spaikin speaks with Marc Berman (@EnvNeuroLab), tonight at 8/11pm | Producer: @ebombicino