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Mood-boosting benefits of birdsong drowned out by traffic noise, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Hearing the trill or whistle of a bird while going about daily life is well known to boost people’s mood. But a new study suggests the psychological benefits of hearing birdsong are being threatened by traffic noise.

Researchers found that even low levels of traffic noise negatively affected the benefits to wellbeing that could otherwise be derived from listening to natural sounds.

Bird song has previously been associated with psychological benefits, including stress reduction and positive mood changes, while noise from traffic has been linked to both stress and annoyance.

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[–] 8 points 2 days ago

I live next to a big park, but that park is wrapped by 2 intense streets. So while you refresh yourself next to a pond with ducks in the complete middle of the park, you still hear trucks and schmucks speeding. I can almost live with that, but some people tune their cars not for cool look, or for speed, but to become exceptionally loud. I mean there's gotta be a law they are violating by doing this (like some public order, or same public order but after 22h), and yet.. nobody cares. I guess no one ever got fined by having an extra loud exhaust pipe?

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