Industrial Revolution left a damaging psychological 'imprint' on today's populations
December 10, 2017
People living in the former industrial heartlands of England and Wales are more disposed to negative emotions such as anxiety and depressive moods, more impulsive and more likely to struggle with planning and self-motivation, according to a new study of almost 400,000 personality tests.
The findings show that, generations after the white heat of Industrial Revolution and decades on from the decline of deep coal mining, the populations of areas where coal-based industries dominated in the 19th century retain a "psychological adversity".
https://phys.org/news/2017-12-industrial-revolution-left-psychological-imprint.html
