Comments on: Growing Up Urban – Environmental Impact on Intellectual Capacity http://www.openeducation.net/2009/06/05/growing-up-urban-environmental-impact-on-intellectual-capacity/ Free Education for All Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:29:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alfredo J. León http://www.openeducation.net/2009/06/05/growing-up-urban-environmental-impact-on-intellectual-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-6703 Alfredo J. León Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:56:51 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1983#comment-6703 Very interesting study, but the question that arises from the study is if the city is the real effector of the negative results on the cognitive capacity or the general stress? If the effector is the general stress, then a crowded street or a busy office will have the same outcome. As long as we furnish our cities and make accessible areas that provide any stress-free environment, where learners and people in general may "unwind", then we may have a small oasis in the middle of the concrete jungle. Very interesting study, but the question that arises from the study is if the city is the real effector of the negative results on the cognitive capacity or the general stress? If the effector is the general stress, then a crowded street or a busy office will have the same outcome.

As long as we furnish our cities and make accessible areas that provide any stress-free environment, where learners and people in general may “unwind”, then we may have a small oasis in the middle of the concrete jungle.

]]> By: lucas http://www.openeducation.net/2009/06/05/growing-up-urban-environmental-impact-on-intellectual-capacity/comment-page-1/#comment-6701 lucas Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:37:50 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1983#comment-6701 Lehrer misses the fact that an argument about what cities do to mental health is less buttressed by citations of the achievements of singularly great men than by showing how lots of ordinary people do slightly-better-than-ordinary things by virtue of being in the city. My belief is that a good city is good for you. More on my blog: http://porousborders.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/a-good-city-is-good-for-you/ Lehrer misses the fact that an argument about what cities do to mental health is less buttressed by citations of the achievements of singularly great men than by showing how lots of ordinary people do slightly-better-than-ordinary things by virtue of being in the city.

My belief is that a good city is good for you.

More on my blog:

http://porousborders.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/a-good-city-is-good-for-you/

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