Gardens and Your Brain
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Objective
I can explain how being around plants and gardens can improve my mood and health.
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Warm-up video
Los Angeles Times · 6:39
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Walking in nature can decrease activity in the part of your brain associated with anxiety and rumination.
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Playing with soil for just five minutes can change your nervous system activation from fight-or-flight to tend and befriend.
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Seeing patterns like symmetry and fractals in nature can reduce stress because they illustrate the idea of being part of a whole.
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Practice
9 questions
According to the video, what are some feelings that people working from home might experience?
Name three ways that being in nature can positively affect your body, according to the video.
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“Name two ways being around plants and gardens can improve your mood and health, according to the video.”
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