Do You Overlook This When Improving Your Cognitive Fitness?
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In July 1968, John B. Calhoun, an American research psychologist, once conducted a very famous experiment on the influence of open space on psychology. The experiment, as expected, involved rats, not people however his results were broadly regarded to be a useful. Here is what he did.
He arrange 4 pairs of rats into a perfect universe. There were no predators, no shortage of food or drinks and obviously, no inadequate of breeding partner. Basically these rats have anything they want – with the exception of space.
At first, all things seems just great. The rats lived as they are suppose to be. Their community grow rapidly, doubling about every fifty-five days. Pretty soon, when the number of the rats reached 620, the space he was keeping them in got overflowing. This was day 315 of the experiment. Interestingly, the population began to reduce since then… to a point where the final surviving birth was at day 600. During this period of time, in between day 315 to day 600, the rats behaved erratically.
No longer do males take care of their domain and females. No longer do they occupy themselves in courtship or fighting. Instead they withdrew to be anti-social, and groomed themselves. Due to their absence of scars and healthy skin, these number of males were named “the beautiful ones”.
The females, on the other hand, become increasingly hostile, stopped giving birth and expelled their young before weaning was complete. After day 600, the population began to decline into extinction.
Sound familiar? Needless to mention, these rats are highly depressed during this period of time. Will the insufficient space and multiplying population density altering your psychology? Who knows? Perhaps so, perhaps not. However providing that you’re similar me, you wish to find out.
Try this out: At worst every week, stroll to an open space. Be it a pasture or out of city. Most people feel relieved, sort of a freedom feeling when in open space. No mental exercises or brain training exercises can substitute this.
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