Neurorubanism: Urban Planning with Brain (German)

In a podcast episode by Ilse Huber from ORF, Prof. Mazda Adli and doctoral researcher Isabelle Sander talk about their research, on how cities influence the mind and how these influences can be investigated using neuroscientific methods.

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City and Psyche: What is neurourbanistic research? (German)

In a podcast interview with Anna Cordes from rbb, Prof. Klaus Gramann talks about the topic of neurourbanism. More than half of the world's people live in cities - and the number is growing. This has consequences for the health of its residents. An interdisciplinary research project from Berlin is examining these consequences and looking for concepts for a healthier city.

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Why do cities cause stress? (German)

Our brain is not made for city life, explains psychiatrist Mazda Adli in the fluter podcast. However, rural life is not necessarily healthier either.

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Dangerous Thoughts (German)

Cities are not a suitable habitat for us humans. They make us fat, anxious, and depressed. Psychiatrist Mazda Adli is one of Germany's most renowned stress researchers. As the head of the Affective Disorders Research Department at the Berlin Charité, he specializes in treating people with depression. As part of the citizen science project "Your Emotional City," he tries to identify urban hotspots in Berlin that are perceived as particularly distressing or uplifting. The question behind this is: How can cities be made into livable places?

In a conversation with Jörg Thadeusz, Prof. Dr. Mazda Adli explains which factors influence our stress levels, why loneliness in cities has such a dramatic impact, and why his assessment of Berlin's livability for mental health is surprisingly positive.

If you want to help better understand the relationship between individual well-being and urban spaces, here is the link to the research project.

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