Can nature heal the brain?
Journalist Sarah Allely was knocked off her bike by a wrong-way driver in 2015. The experience left her with a traumatic brain injury — but also gave her insight into nature’s role in recovery.
In this excerpt from our partner Deutsche Welle’s podcast “Living Planet,” Neil King examines the relationship between nature and neurology.
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