Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies
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2 papers
Natural soundscapes enhance mood recovery amid anthropogenic noise pollution
Researchers played three 3‑minute sound recordings to 68 university students: a natural dawn chorus of birds, that same recording with added traffic noise recorded at a 20 mi/h road, and the recording with traffic from a 40 mi/h road. Participants reported the lowest anxiety and stress and the most positive…