jratlee:

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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, stepping over that pile of human poo, or spending your brain power ignoring the Rottweiler barking at you in the window. Because your “direct attention” is always focused, your prefrontal cortex is always on overdrive, and you end up not being as good at things that you need “direct attention” for, like learning at school or solving problems you haven’t faced before or resolving conflict. In other words, if you don’t take some time to look at a sunset, your brain never gets a break, and that’s not good.

Before you take a hike, see also: “The Cognitive Benefits of Interacting With Nature“ or the slightly less complex, “The Cognitive Benefits of Nature.”

to everyone who asks why i don’t live in new york city, here is my proverbial middle finger/your answer.

Nature asks nothing of you and gives you everything. booyah

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   I wish there were woods close to me.

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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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    I already knew this but the city has fried my brain so much that I needed reminding.

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    Might sound counter-intuitive, but I wonder if...same applies to long drives in the car?...

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    Nature asks nothing of you and gives you everything. booyah

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    this has become inconvenient: Walking...woods makes you smarter Ummm, yes, there are

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    to everyone who asks why i don’t live in new york city, here is my proverbial middle finger/your answer.

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    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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