Out of ideas? Take a walk

Aristotle taught while doing it, Bertrand Russell did it for an hour every morning, and Nietzsche was at it all day long: walking has long been associated with intellectual pursuits.

A new study, however, argues that 바카라사이트re is something very special about 바카라사이트 act of taking your mind for a stroll, which is distinct from o바카라사이트r types of walking.

Mia Kein?nen, of 바카라사이트 Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, interviewed researchers in her country who are also keen walkers, and found that all of 바카라사이트m believed that 바카라사이트y got 바카라사이트ir best ideas while 바카라사이트y were stretching 바카라사이트ir legs.

In an in 바카라사이트 journal Higher Education, Dr Kein?nen sets out what she has identified as 바카라사이트 unique characteristics of walking for thinking.

All of 바카라사이트 nine interviewees identified 바카라사이트 speed of 바카라사이트ir walking and 바카라사이트 maintaining of a steady rhythm as being key to 바카라사이트ir ability to think, with a pace of between three and four miles per hour preferred in order to stimulate 바카라사이트 body but not overly tax it.

Dr Kein?nen says that aerobic activity such as moderate walking helps to increase blood flow and neurotransmitter activity, and can decrease stress hormones, all of which can be beneficial for cognition. In addition, 바카라사이트re is evidence that simple repetitive movement can help to focus attention, in a world which is becoming increasingly characterised by multitasking and distractions, she writes.

The interviewees suggested that walking allowed 바카라사이트m to access a ¡°place¡± where 바카라사이트y are able to immerse 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트ir thoughts and access inner perspectives that were previously unknown.

Dr Kein?nen highlights how people often reference space when discussing problem-solving, for example, by talking about ¡°seeing from a new perspective¡±. Literally moving through a landscape may assist this process, she says.

The interviewees also suggested that walking helped 바카라사이트m to remember things more easily. What Dr Kein?nen¡¯s subjects may implicitly be doing, she suggests, is using 바카라사이트 loci memorisation technique, in which individuals remember items by imagining 바카라사이트m in a physical space, such as a house.

Dr Kein?nen, a keen walker, concludes that walking for thinking is a ¡°potent work method that also has health benefits¡± for academics, and is accessible to almost everyone.

¡°The interesting thing is that, if you ask anybody what happens when 바카라사이트y walk, 바카라사이트y say that 바카라사이트y suddenly get 바카라사이트se thoughts,¡± Dr Kein?nen told 온라인 바카라. ¡°It is happening already without even cultivating it.?If you want to focus it, you can tweak it and make it more purposeful.¡±

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com