A simple way to improve your memory by 20%
Health / / December 19, 2019
According to scientists, just half an hour of being in nature, to observe the effect.
What's the secret
Researchers from the University of Utah studied how the brain reacts to a person staying in the countryside. To do this, they examined how students perform simple tasks on the calculation before and after a 30-minute walk. With encephalographic helmets they measured neuronal activity.
After the walk the students cope with the job much better. Neuropsychologist David Strayer believes that the case in the prefrontal cortex. She is involved in decisions. In the conditions of modern life it is overloaded, and its reserves are depleted. When we are in nature, it can finally relax. Such reduction improves memoryCreativity in the Wild: Improving Creative Reasoning through Immersion in Natural Settings almost 20%, and creativity - by 50%.
Strayer results of the study are similar to the findings of other scientists. For example, it was foundNature experience reduces rumination and subgenual prefrontal cortex activation.
That hour and a half walk outdoors reduces blood flow to the area of the brain associated with intrusive thoughts and depression. Study participants indicated that they felt happier after podyshat fresh air.Why the brain reacts as
During the walk to focus softer. We relax, head in the clouds. In this condition, the brain does not focus on something one. However, subconsciously, he continues to analyze the problem.
Therefore insights come not when we think intensely, and when walk or wash the dishes.
How to apply it in my life
Usually everyone so many things that a walk in nature seems a luxury. But it was after her, you quickly deal with cases and find new approaches to solving problems. Neglect this can not be the same as going to bed and proper nutrition.
To experience a positive effect, it is sufficient only 30 minutes. Just replace a walk on the nature of part of the time that you spend on a TV series or a social network. Or dine out of the office, and on a park bench.
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