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> One possible future research issue: Is it walking per se or do other forms of mild physical activity have similar elevating effects? I've always found that a
by georgewsinger 6y ago
> One possible future research issue: Is it walking per se or do other forms of mild physical activity have similar elevating effects?
I've always found that aimlessly driving around in a car improves my creativity (much the same as walking, if not more). Yet driving means you're sitting, and I wouldn't say driving involves much more physical activity than typing and moving a mouse.
Strange.
- ludwigschubert 6y agoMaybe driving similarly engaged your sense of navigating the external world? (I have no personal experience of the effect you describe.)
- caddemon 6y agoI think it's more likely to relate to "mindless" activities than anything else. I experience something similar when driving a familiar route or when doing stationary monotonous activities such as washing dishes. But driving somewhere novel puts all my attention back to driving.
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoDriving does the same for me. I'm paraphrasing here, but I've seen a neuroscientist say that some people think better when their mind is slightly engaged. So driving around engages your mind just enough that you can go into a more flow-like state. I've probably butchered this explanation, but go watch Lex Fridman's first interview with Andrew Huberman if you want to see him explain it properly.