Marc Berman
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 6 Jul
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So when you can't really control your attention, we call that a directed attention fatigue state.
That's when we think it's a good time to take a break in nature.
That's different from another kind of attention that Steve called involuntary attention.
Sometimes this is called bottom-up or exogenous attention.
And this is the kind of attention that's automatically captured by interesting stimulation in the environment.
So bright lights, loud noises, those things automatically capture our attention and we don't really have control over it.
And it's thought that this involuntary attention is less susceptible to fatigue or depletion.
So you don't often hear people say, oh, I can't look at that beautiful waterfall anymore.
It's just too interesting.
I'm too tired.
I have to look away.
Or, oh, I can't watch this really interesting movie anymore.
It's so interesting.
I'm just getting really exhausted.
I have to shut it off.
So the idea with attention restoration theory is that if you can find environments that don't place a lot of demands on directed attention while simultaneously having interesting stimulation to activate the involuntary attention,
you could restore or replenish this precious directed attention resource.
And it's thought that natural environments is one kind of environment that can do this.
It doesn't mean it's the only kind of environment that can do this, but it's one kind of environment that can do this.
There's one other thing that I think is important to mention too,
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