Walking in the woods makes you smarter.

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Seth Fischer on giving your brain a needed break, or “attention restorative theory:”

When you go for a walk in, say, the woods, you’re using a more subtle “involuntary attention” when looking at things like sunsets or squirrels. When you’re in the city, you’re always avoiding that asshole bicyclist…

Might sound counter-intuitive, but I wonder if the same applies to long drives in the car? Some of my best ideas come to me on the road.

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    I wish there were woods close to me.
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    bobulate:Seth Fischer on giving your brain a needed break, or “attention restorative theory:” When you go for a walk in,...
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    Perhaps this is why I felt so recharged after spending four days in San Blas, Panama doing nothing but looking at the...
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  14. invraisemblable reblogged this from bobulate and added:
    I already knew this but the city has fried my brain so much that I needed reminding.
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  16. ryanmeehan reblogged this from bobulate and added:
    Might sound counter-intuitive, but I wonder if...same applies to long drives in the car?...
  17. tratlee reblogged this from jratlee and added:
    Nature asks nothing of you and gives you everything. booyah
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  19. heloiseagrippina reblogged this from compositional and added:
    this has become inconvenient: Walking...woods makes you smarter Ummm, yes, there are
  20. jratlee reblogged this from bobulate and added:
    to everyone who asks why i don’t live in new york city, here is my proverbial middle finger/your answer.
  21. compositional reblogged this from bobulate and added:
    This is what bothered me the most about living in the middle of DC, I think, was the lack of woods. If (when?) I move...

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