Neuroscience and Sustainability: An Online Module on "Environmental Neuroscience".

ABSTRACT: Neuroscience has extensive and vital applications to environmental sustainability that have yet to be fully integrated into undergraduate education: The neurotoxicity of common chemicals and the health dangers of anthropogenic sensory noise are well known. Research on the neural bases for value-based decision making has implications for pro-environmental efforts. Neural and sensory responses to nature exposure show health benefits of such 'green' experiences. Despite these implications, the term "environmental neuroscience", in sharp contrast to "environmental psychology", is virtually unheard of in undergraduate education. Here we present a model for explicitly integrating environmentally-relevant neuroscience content into an undergraduate class without sacrificing its standard range of m

SUBMITTER: Wolfe U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312142 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature