Do You Disregard This When Improving Your Brain Health?
In July 1968, John B. Calhoun, an American research psychologist, once did a now important experiment on the effect of open space on your brain. The experiment, naturally, involved rats, not humans however his results were universally regarded to be a useful. Here is what he did.
He arrange four pairs of mouse into a utopian world. There were no predators, no inadequacy of food or drinks and without a doubt, no scarcity of mating partner. Basically these mouse had everything they desire - with the exception of space.
At first, each thing seems just fine. The mouse lived as they should be. Their community grow rapidly, doubling around every 55 days. Very soon, when the number of the mouse reached 620, the place he was keeping them in got overflowing. That was day 315 of the experiment. Amazingly, the number of mouse began to drop since then… to a point where the final existing birth was at day 600. Meanwhile, in between day 315 to day 600, the mouse behaved intermittently.
No longer do males defend their territory and females. No longer do they engage in courtship or fighting. Instead they become anti-social, and clean themselves. As a result of their absence of scars and healthy fur, these number of males were named “the charming ones”.
The females, on the other hand, became progressively aggressive, reluctant to give birth and expelled their immature before weaning was complete. After day 600, the number of rats began to decline into extinction.
Look familiar? Pointless to say, these mouse are extremely miserable during this period of time. Does the lack of space and advancing population density altering your psychology? Who knows? Maybe so, perhaps not. Although assuming that you’re same as me, you desire to find out.
Try this out: At least every week, stroll to an open space. Be it a pasture or out of town. Many people feel relieved, sort of a freedom feeling when in open space. No mental exercises or brain training exercises can replace this.
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