How Nature Affects Your Brain 🧠 | America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

[@teejay3272]

There's a study that shows that after 2-3 days of backpacking, with limited to no human interaction, people actually get smarter. I'm a long distance hiker/backpacker, who's fortunate to live in a mountain forest, and the connection between mind, body and nature is too overwhelming to deny. But there are a couple of necessary components which I think keeps a lot of people out of the wilderness. And that's humility and respect.

[@JuanOlfe]

lol

[@zoecunningham3019]

A scientific study is available to analyze brain activity (or inactivity) of usage. The calmness nature is available to provide. What it can never measure, the positivity nature provides a person's soul. Immeasurable ❤

[@oakmaiden2133]

We moved to the country 6 years ago. Spring blossoms or thigh deep snow, I go out when I feel blue. It lightens my mood and resets my mind.

[@ingefallang6762]

Me too - I always feel better after a walk in the woods or around the pond!

[@PetGengar]

That's awesome

[@georgewolfe8975]

Baratunde’s always up to something interesting. Keep up the great work!

[@kimberlynunn7830]

WOW!! That’s Awesome and True

[@davidlape3325]

PBS❤

[@serenityenderson]

OOh... I have to do the countng backwards in 7s, along with naming animals that start with random letters, and remembering a name and address after doing loads of other tasks - while at my HD checkups every year. I sympathise! x

[@durangodoug338]

I knew it!

[@dannygordon9684]

A pity he didn’t do some sort of guided Forest Therapy rather than being left to wander. Even so a useful presentation.

[@Jay.B.2046]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@shannonbowman5990]

😊

[@Stoney-Jacksman]

Less generic forced jokes. More information. Would be nice. Also this was already studied in many ways. (Yes more studies needed) so this was readily available information and very basic.

[@0.o.0.o1]

Ridiculously basic

[@0.o.0.o1]

Even children know going outside is healthy 😂 I was looking forward to an in depth discussion 😅

[@jimeerey]

I recommend the doctor deleting his result from the pool. Or put a asterisk next the data. He wasn’t taking it seriously (cracking jokes) His result may cause a blip in the data. No offense to the dude.

[@ingefallang6762]

That's fascinating! What do you see?