The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry: If you want a sensitive brain, go outside more!

Currently, adults spend 80-90% of their time indoors, and the time outdoors is getting shorter and shorter

Currently, adults spend 80-90% of their time indoors, and the time outdoors is getting shorter and shorter

Recently , a study published in The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry showed that when we spend outdoors, our brain structure and mood will improve

In this study , researchers regularly checked six healthy middle-aged urban residents for six months

In this study , researchers regularly checked six healthy middle-aged urban residents for six months

 The results found that , through brain scans showed that participants spent time outdoors and on the right dorsolateral - participants spent time outdoors and on the right dorsolateral - prefrontal cortex gray matter were positively correlated, that is, the cerebral cortex volume The upper (dorsal) and outer parts of the leaf

Clusters of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) show a positive correlation between the probability of gray matter and self-reported outdoor activity time

Clusters of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) show a positive correlation between the probability of gray matter and self-reported outdoor activity time

Even if other factors that explain the relationship between outdoor time and brain structure remain the same, the results still exist

Even if other factors that explain the relationship between outdoor time and brain structure remain the same, the results still exist

"Most mental illnesses are related to defects in the prefrontal cortex .

In summary , the results of this study show that when we spend outdoors, our brain structure, brain structure and emotions will be improved

 Simone Kühn et al, Spend time outdoors for your brain – an in-depth longitudinal MRI study,The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry(2021).

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