HEALTH CARE: WALKING IN THE MOUNTAINS INCREASE CREATIVITY

Making 'hiking', ie walking uphill in the mountains or on the trails of parks, without having to hand it 'an Iphone it' a little computer or a tablet, it increases the capacity 'of creative thought up to 50%.

The news comes from a curious new American study, which examined 56 individuals, divided into 8 separate groups that were sent, respectively, in the mountains and in the fields of 'Alaska, Colorado, Maine or Washington State.
The volunteers were not with it 'cell phone, iPad, computer, nor' other electronic gadgets and spent four days immersed in nature.
Before leaving half 'of the subjects, ie, 28 of them have been subjected to tests that measure the activities' cognitive features, such as the ability' to think creatively and solve problems.
The other half 'of the volunteers did the same test on the fourth day of immersion in nature: their ability' creative were higher by an average of 50% compared to the others.
The authors of the University 'of Utah and Kansas observed that "exposure to the natural environment appears to have an impact on the pre-frontal cortex whose activity' and 'associated with creativity' and'' to multitasking.
"Detaching from the objects of everyday technology such as mobile and social media - said the lead author, David Strayer, director of psychology at the University 'of Utah - allows the brain to rest and reinstate the process of creative thinking."