Why Walking Helps Us Think
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The connection between walking and thinking
- Walking changes our chemistry. The heart pumps faster, circulating more blood and oxygen to all the organs and the brain.
- Walking promotes new connections between brain cells and increases the volume of the hippocampus (a brain region essential for memory)
- Walking elevates levels of molecules that stimulate the growth of new neurons and transmit messages between them.
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Walking linked with creativity
The way we move our bodies changes the nature of our thoughts. When we stroll, the pace of our feet fluctuates with our moods. We can change the pace of our thoughts by deliberately walking faster or by slowing down.
While we walk, our attention is free to wander. Studies have linked this mental state to innovative ideas.
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Where we walk matters
Studies suggest that spending time in green spaces can renew the mental resources that get depleted in man-made environments.
A crowded intersection provides numerable and immediate stimulations for the mind, but a walk in a park allows our mind to drift casually from one sensory experience to another.
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The relationship between walking and writing
Walking organizes our world around us. Writing organizes our thoughts.
In a forest, our brain must survey the surrounding environment, make a mental map of the world, choose a way forward and create that plan into a series of footsteps. In writing the brain has to review its own landscape, find a way through that mental terrain, and write down the resulting trail of thoughts.
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