Comments on: The Great Outdoors http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/120/the-great-outdoors Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:32:59 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jane http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/120/the-great-outdoors/comment-page-1#comment-2109 Jane Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:12:42 +0000 http://www.how-to-study.com/blog/?p=120#comment-2109 Thanks for letting us know about this interesting report. More and more psychological research seems to be coming out that suggest enormous benefits from spending time in nature. In fact this morning I read about research conducted by Terry Hartig (Uppsala University) that shows time in nature helps to relieve mental fatigue. It was found that after 45 minutes of tough cognitive work, a walk in a natural setting did the world of good to participants and was better mental recovery for them than taking a walk in an urban setting or listening to music and reading magazines. So less time spent on facebook and Myspace and more time spent outside would do us all (including parents) the world of good. Thanks for letting us know about this interesting report. More and more psychological research seems to be coming out that suggest enormous benefits from spending time in nature.

In fact this morning I read about research conducted by Terry Hartig (Uppsala University) that shows time in nature helps to relieve mental fatigue. It was found that after 45 minutes of tough cognitive work, a walk in a natural setting did the world of good to participants and was better mental recovery for them than taking a walk in an urban setting or listening to music and reading magazines.

So less time spent on facebook and Myspace and more time spent outside would do us all (including parents) the world of good.

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