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Why Walking Help Us Think

Why Walking Help Us Think

Experiment - contemplate & generate metaphors:

  • 95% of students who went for a walk were able to do so
  • only 50% of those who never stood up.

But walking can worsen the performance:

  • if you’re looking for a single correct answer to a question!! You probably don’t want all of these different ideas bubbling up.

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How To Be More Creative?

How To Be More Creative?

  • exercise/walking improves thinking skills, immediately and in the longer term
  • exercise -> better memory & ability to make decisions, organize thoughts

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Why Walking Help Us Think

Why Walking Help Us Think

  • The heart pumps faster, circulating more blood & oxygen to the brain.
  • We don’t have to be so conscious during walking, our attention is free to wander.

-> After/during exercise, even very mild exertion, people perform better on t...

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Where to Walk?

Where to Walk?

  • an arboretum is better than city streets for a memory test
  • spend time in green spaces—gardens, parks, forests
  • attention = limited resource, continually drains throughout the day -> A crowded intersection bats our attention around
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