By Asitha Jayawardena
Like many other areas, anthropogenic (or human caused) climate change poses a substantial threat to society. One of them is the human brain.
This research shows that the function of the human brain (i.e., neuroscience) can contribute to the fight against climate change and provides a framework and a roadmap to organize and prioritize neuroscience research.
Neuroscience research can be used to:
- investigate the negative impact of climate change on the human brain,
- identify ways to adapt the humans,
- understand the neural substrates of decisions with pro-environmental and harmful outcomes,
- create neuroscience-based insights into communication and intervention strategies that aim to promote climate action.
The study calls for action for neuroscientists to join broader scientific efforts to tackle the existential environmental threats that Earth is currently facing due to climate change.
Read the Neuroscience News article:
Warming World, Changing Minds: Climate’s Effect on the Brain
The research paper cited in that.
Leveraging neuroscience for climate change research https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-023-01857-4
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