Vanishing Silence
David Strayer, a psychologist at the University of Utah, works among others on the human brains attention functions and the limits of multitasking, combining his research with brain recovery. In a National Geographic article, he explained the Three-Day Effect. The brain recovers best offline during a three-day period spent out in the wilderness. Every April, he takes his advanced psychology class out into the wild. The use of any phone equipment is discouraged. During these field trips, he tries to show his students the effect that nature has on the functions of the brain. During the days outdoors, Strayer measures the brain waves of his students with a portable electroencephalography (EEG) machine. Based on my non-scientific experiences, I agree with the conclusions he draws from his data. I feel best when everything I need in my life fits in my backpack.
