Brain and behavior Researcher T.D. Lingo had bought nearly 300 acres of mountain wilderness with money he made hosting his own NBC summer TV show in 1957. Initially the rough Rocky Mountain winter season kept him from remaining at the 10,000 foot elevation property year round. However, after a couple of years of commuting forty miles back and forth from Denver for summer "camp out" programs, Lingo finally decided to begin the hard task of fashioning trees into logs into cabins so he could remain in the forest solitude year 'round to work uninterrupted on brain and behavior.
Early on, the Brain In Nature summer programs (started as "Adventure Trails School") had troubled youth participating in behavior modification activities. These kids were recruited to help build the first log buildings on the land. Consequently, the doorway to the first cabin (see above) was scaled to their own height- the red door is only five feet high. Grown-ups have to crouch down to get through!
This early one room cabin became Lingo's library/study/home for 35 years. A perfect haven nestled among the aspen, birch, and pine, for serious and not so serious contemplation of all things brain and behavior.
Beethoven walked in the woods around the city and often drew his greatest inspiration with the activity of clean air and new oxygen in his brain. So was the experience of brain lab participants in the energized, ionized mountain clarity air. Ever notice when the room is stuffy you can't think straight- you get drowsy and tired? So here is what you can do, at home, in your apartment, condo, or house.....
Let the air sweep out the stale stagnant STUFF.
Refresh with fresh air. Summer and winter (put on a coat!)
Do this at least once a week. More is even better. Change all the molecules in your space, and it will have profound effect on the molecules in your brain!