Recent studies of Prof. Dr. S. Reber's group from the Laboratory for Molecular Psychosomatics show that living in the countryside with contact to farm animals creates higher stress resilience. The important results were published in the renowned international journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA
Böbel, T.S., S.B. Hackl, D. Langgartner, M.N. Jarczok, N. Rohleder, G.A. Rook, C.A. Lowry, H. Gündel, C. Waller, and S.O. Reber. 2018. Less immune activation following social stress in rural vs. urban participants raised with regular or no animal contact, respectively. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.