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08/17/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Same thing, only better: Your brain behaves differently when you’re outside than it does – performing the same tasks – indoors

The brain behaves differently outdoors compared to when it’s indoors, according to researchers from the University of Alberta. The study, published in the journal Brain Research, investigated what happens to the brain when it performs tasks in “increasingly complex environments” – such as the outdoors – using mobile electroencephalography (EEG). “Something about being outdoors changes brain activity,” lead author Joanna Scanlon explained […]

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