Study shows messiness leads to behavior decline
November 20, 2008 By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID , AP Science Writer(AP) -- Does a messy neighborhood make a difference on how people act? It sure does! Graffiti on the walls, trash in the street, bicycles chained to a fence, all resulted in a decline in how people behaved in a series of experiments.
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