Field Guide / Ecology of Mind
Ecology of Mind
Attention Restoration
Rachel & Stephen Kaplan
Attention Restoration Theory (the Kaplans): the directed focus screens demand gets fatigued — and nature restores it, because it holds your attention gently instead of gripping it. A living yard is rest your brain can't get from a lawn or a feed. 🍃
The hard focus that work and screens demand wears out. Natural settings let it recover — through gentle, effortless interest instead of strain.
A yard full of movement and life is the kind of rest a manicured lawn can't give.
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