The Neuroscience of Being Human
The Neuroscience of Walking
Hippocampal neurogenesis, bilateral stimulation, optic flow and the creative brain: why walking is the oldest, simplest and most neurologically powerful form of human transport
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Walking is the transport system the human brain was built around. Long before the wheel, the engine or the road, our ancestors were bipedal, and the neural architecture we inherited is exquisitely tuned to the rhythmic, self-propelled motion of moving on two feet. This fully referenced article explores why walking grows new hippocampal neurons, why the left-right rhythm of gait quietens the anxious brain, how the streaming optic flow of a walked landscape reshapes attention, and why the mind so reliably solves its hardest problems while the legs are moving. Walking is not merely exercise. It is a neurological act of thinking, remembering and becoming, performed one step at a time.
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