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146: The Extended Mind, with Annie Murphy Paul

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The Benefits of Being in Nature

Research suggests that even looking out the window and just sort of gazing at a tree, um or at the sky can be restorative. We have this very misguided idea that real thinking happens when we're sitting still. And again, that's not how we evolve to think. I would guess that everybody listening to this show has had an experience where they were stuck on a problem at their desk, and they took the dog for a walk, or they walked through i hard.

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