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Neuroscience and Geographic Information Systems to Investigate the Impact of Global Warming on Mood Disorders and Brain Plasticity in Urban Areas

Ruas, Marco Vieira  
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Paganini, Romana  
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Draganski, Bogdan
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September 27, 2024
Environmental Neuroscience

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are advanced computational systems for acquiring, storing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data, enabling comprehensive exploration of geographical relationships and patterns across diverse domains. GIS play a crucial role in analyzing the intersection of mood and brain data in a geo-environmental context. Through spatial analysis techniques, GIS allows researchers to visualize and understand the geographical distribution of mood-related phenomena and their correlation with brain activity patterns. In this chapter, we show that GIS can offer a powerful framework integrating spatial perspectives for examining the intricate interplay between mood, brain data, and global warming. This interdisciplinary approach enhances our understanding of the psychological impacts of environmental shifts, aiding in the development of targeted interventions to mitigate the mental health consequences of global warming. On the example of mood disorders, we exemplarily demonstrate how GIS can be implemented to investigate the effects of climate warming on mental health and brain plasticity. We used satellite images to calculate land surface temperature (LST) and LST changes over time in the urban context of the city of Lausanne, Switzerland. These data were compared to mental health and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) information from a population study in Lausanne. The distribution of mood disorders exhibited a discernible spatial pattern across Lausanne, indicating that they were not randomly distributed in the geographical space. Spatial clusters with significantly higher rates of mood disorders were associated with significantly higher LST. Conversely, areas with lower LST at residential locations showed significantly better mental health performance.

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DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-64699-7_18
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105003329372

Author(s)
Ruas, Marco Vieira  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Paganini, Romana  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Draganski, Bogdan

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Joost, Stéphane  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2024-09-27

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published in
Environmental Neuroscience
ISBN of the book

9783031646997

9783031646980

Start page

491

End page

515

Subjects

Brain plasticity

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Climate change

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

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Heat island

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

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Spatial dependence

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Spatial statistics

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Urban environment

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Available on Infoscience
May 2, 2025
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