Taking a Walk into Nature can increase your happiness and attention.
Spending time in nature been shown to increase happiness and attention. Additionally, looking at nature scenes also provided boosts to short term memory.
38 people took park in an experiment to test the cognitive benefits of interacting with nature1. They were all given an initial mood questionnaire. Then they were asked to repeat a series of numbers in reverse order to assess attention and stress participants’ short term memory.
Next, each participant was randomly assigned to either walk for 50 minutes in a park or a downtown urban environment. After the walk, they all performed the same tests, and answered questions about their experiences.
The results of the study showed significant improvement in the accuracy of the digit reversal testing in the nature walking group, which was deemed to be an indicator of increased attention. The same group also reported increased mood, and scored higher on happiness questionnaires…
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