The Outdoors Makes You Smarter?

What were five neuroscientists doing on a 3-day rafting trip on the San Juan River in southern Utah this past May? The goal was: “to understand how heavy use of digital devices and other technology changes how we think and behave, and how a retreat into nature might reverse those effects.” As you can imagine, this sparked some interesting conversations along the way. What were the results? We need more outdoor time and less electronic gadgets! Read the full report in the New York Times.