In a study on ADHD, it found that the effects of being outside can help with attention deficit disorder. Taking walks outdoors actually helped young children diagnosed with attention deficit disorder to pay better attention when compared with children that did not take any walks. An article by Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D. via PsychologyToday.com has the study:
ADHD News: Going Outdoors Can Help.
Seventeen children with professionally-diagnosed ADHD, ages 7 to 12, experienced three different treatments. Two of the treatments consisted of a 20-minute guided walk in the city (one downtown, one in a neighborhood), while one treatment was a 20-minute guided walk through a city park. Each walk was done one week apart, and the order of the walks was randomized.
Children with ADHD had more improved scores of attention after walking in the park, compared to scores after both city walks. Raters were blinded as to what walk the children had experienced.
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