ARCHIVES: A study published in October 2022 suggests that birdsong benefits mental health. Not only do these and other similar findings have implications for conservation and mental healthcare policies, but they could also inform urban planning that ...
Even though people are more likely to see or hear birds in green spaces, which might skew the data to reflect an overall effect of nature on mental well-being, researchers argue that the positive association between birdlife and mental well-being remains critically significant.
The benefits of bird encounters indicated a lasting effect on mental health, as participants recorded high levels of well-being in their next assessment while they did not hear or see birds. However, the subsequent mood assessment indicated that the effect is not persistent, which strengthens the “possible causal link effect of birdlife on mental well-being”.
The study was conducted using an online experiment with 295 participants, who were exposed to a diverse range of traffic and bird soundscapes. Both before and after exposure, participants filled out depression, anxiety and paranoia questionnaires. “In sum, the present study suggests that listening to birdsongs regardless of diversity improves anxiety, while traffic noise, also regardless of diversity, is related to higher depressiveness,” the study notes.of the global population living in cities, where birds are the major contact people have with wildlife, it becomes important to reduce the effects of urbanisation on urban bird habitats.
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