I read once in Discover Magazine that standing (and, to a lesser extent, sitting up) causes the release of stress hormones that impair thinking. Given that, a s

I read once in Discover Magazine that standing (and, to a lesser extent, sitting up) causes the release of stress hormones that impair thinking. Given that, a standing desk may not truly be all that.(Sorry, I couldn't find a link to it on the website. I have had trouble finding articlelettes in the R&D section of the magazine with the website's search feature before.) Of course, whenever I need to do any truly deep thinking about a problem, it's usually not at my desk, so perhaps that detriment may not really be that important Meanwhile, if you really want to take having an active posture while working to its extreme, I once read an article about treadmill desks...