The Climatized Brain
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UPDATED: Guest speaker had an emergency. TOPIC for MARCH is THE CLIMATIZED BRAIN.
Test your ability to be flexible and your brain's neuroplasticity to pivot to this new subject.
How is climate change impacting us--not only our environment, but our physiology, our brains in particular? How can neuroscience help us understand climate change?
[https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/is-the-brain-relevant-to-climate-change/#:~:text=This%20adaptability%20–%20plasticity%2C%20in,the%20causes%20of%20climate%20change.](https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/is-the-brain-relevant-to-climate-change/#:~:text=This%20adaptability%20%E2%80%93%20plasticity%2C%20in,the%20causes%20of%20climate%20change.)
Do our brains suffer as the earth warms and changes? What impact does climate change have on our brains and nervous systems?
https://www.americanbrainfoundation.org/the-effects-of-climate-change-on-brain-disease/
What are the other broader impacts as the earth changes, and then our brains change?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10151177/
Is climate change associated with increased cognitive issues such as ADHD? And mental health issues? Prenatal damage?
https://today.duke.edu/2025/01/climate-change-brain
Unrest increases due to climate change?
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2023/10/mental-health-youth-report-2023.pdf
What else comes to mind when YOU ponder climate change and your own brain's future?