Seeing well-designed gardens could relax us almost immediately because we look at them differently (frontiersin.org)
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works on 15 May 13:58 collapse

I love when someone publishes a paper that’s basically “Why is [super basic thing]?”.

“Why do we like looking at pretty things” is a pretty amazing question to ask.

0x1C3B00DA@piefed.social on 15 May 16:17 next collapse

Sometimes when I read about a new study, I find myself thinking "duh, of course" or "why did we need a study to prove this super obvious thing". I have to remind myself that its always valuable to check assumptions and we can learn a lot even by studying obvious questions.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 15 May 21:25 collapse

Yeah but it seems to be happening a lot more.

This is literally thousands of years-old knowledge. At some point maybe we could call it settled and move on?

acockworkorange@mander.xyz on 17 May 17:02 collapse

I think there’s a not insignificant cultural factor at play here. Extra manicured gardens feel artificial to me, and don’t yield the same effect as something more resembling of a natural setting. And I know I’m not alone at this. I’d love to see this replicated in at last two or three other continents to contrast the findings.