Forcing our brains to process in a new environment can help us to engage more fully. Gregory Berns, author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently, writes that our brain gains “new insights from people and new environments—any circumstance in which the brain has a hard time predicting what will come next.” So, please, walk. It makes us healthier, it enhances cognitive performance, from creativity to planning and scheduling, and it helps us to reconnect with our environment, ourselves, and those around us.
