Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What if your neighborhood is quietly shaping your stress levels, immune system, and trust in others? In this episode, David Sloan Wilson talks with David McAleavey, Amy Clair, Blair Gross, and Rick O’Gorman about how environmental cues – such as order, greenery, and decay – act as signals to our brains and bodies.
From the Generalized Unsafety Theory of Stress to the Social Baseline Theory, we explore why where you live affects how you feel, think, and connect.
Tune in to see your environment through a whole new lens. Builds on this TVOL article:
https://www.prosocial.world/posts/environmental-cues-and-health-outcomes-an-evolutionary-perspective-on-neighbourhood-effects)
#Psychology #neuroplasticity #neuroscience #science #biology #society
What if your neighborhood is quietly shaping your stress levels, immune system, and trust in others? In this episode, David Sloan Wilson talks with David McAleavey, Amy Clair, Blair Gross, and Rick O’Gorman about how environmental cues – such as order, greenery, and decay – act as signals to our brains and bodies.
From the Generalized Unsafety Theory of Stress to the Social Baseline Theory, we explore why where you live affects how you feel, think, and connect.
Tune in to see your environment through a whole new lens. Builds on this TVOL article:
https://www.prosocial.world/posts/environmental-cues-and-health-outcomes-an-evolutionary-perspective-on-neighbourhood-effects)
#Psychology #neuroplasticity #neuroscience #science #biology #society
