A babe in the woods. (The Beat).A Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. study has found that children's attention spans are positively affected when they move to a home surrounded sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. by more natural features such as woods and meadows. The study, led by Nancy Wells and published in Environment and Behavior, assessed the cognitive functioning cognitive function Neurology Any mental process that involves symbolic operations–eg, perception, memory, creation of imagery, and thinking; CFs encompasses awareness and capacity for judgment children who moved from poor to better-quality housing that had more green spaces surrounding it. Those children who had the greatest change for the better in natural surroundings showed the greatest improvements in mental functioning. Wells says that simple steps such as preserving existing trees, planting new trees, and maintaining grassy grass·y adj. grass·i·er, grass·i·est 1. Covered with or abounding in grass. 2. Resembling or suggestive of grass, as in color or odor. Adj. 1. areas would be likely to have a marked positive impact on the welfare of children. She adds that the results suggest that the natural environment may play a larger role in children's well-being than previously recognized. |
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