Concurrents – Environmental Psychology:  Working-in Walking

Recently, I’ve seen another slew of articles about how beneficial walking is for our health and they’ve reminded me how good walking is for our brains. While we’re walking (inside or outdoors) and after we finish up a walk our cognitive performance gets a boost.  Our ability to remember things improves along with our creativity.  We’re also apt to be more talkative while walking, so taking someone on a walk may get a needed dialogue started. We tend to think about taking walks outside and in the perfect world for many, walks are not only outside but through lovely gardens, lush countryside, or something similar.  In our pandemic wary era, many of us have been doing more of our socializing on outdoor walks. But walking outdoors when at work has issues. Depending on the season and outdoor temperature the idea of venturing outside for a walk can be less than …