Only fifty people were examined, however Alok Jha, writing for the Guardian, noticed an interesting tidbit in the science journal, Nature, about research into the brain effects of urbanization as compared to those of rural living. Jha reported that: The brains of people living in cities operate differently from those in rural areas, according to [...]
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