Is it becoming an expert in any hobby or just that one? Because I have a couple hobbies I'm an expert in, one I am two heartbeats away from being the world authority in, and I don't think it's helped my brain.
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I don't know, but when I started recognizing birds by sound I noticed it was working as a constant mindfulness exercise whenever I went outside. I suppose mindfulness has similar positive effects on the brain?
Then I'd say any hobby that encourages mindfulness could have a positive effect on your brain?
I was folding laundry inside once and heard a Nerf Turbo Screamer football being thrown outside. It was a red tailed hawk in a tree a few doors down.
Do those hobbies include spending a lot of time in nature outdoors? An activity that has also been shown greatly improves mental health?
not the ones i'm good at no
Are those heartbeats someone else's and are they now dead? Also what hobby? This peaked my interest a lot.
yes they are other peoples, and no they are not yet dead.
It's not about birds, go spend time in nature paying attention to similar things and categorizing them and you'll get the same benefits.
It's exercising the brain while getting fresh air and physical exercise
Could also be "has free time and no stress in life" factor that correlates with watching birds. But being in nature and doing activities that involve the brain is probably good anyway
Tons of birdwatchers just watch the birds around their own neighborhood, and it costs very little to go to a park.
I kind of do this but it's just simply keeping my eyes out for any edibles along trails, would be nice to have more variety outside of hazelnuts and a few berries
It's the mushrooms for me
No, the goal of Huffpost is for all of us to stop criticizing their journalistic ethics and go be thoughtless bird watchers. Go now or the fury of Clinton/Harris corporate donors will be upon you!
So if I want to become a neurosurgery expert all I need is birds in my life?
Its better to practice on bird brains before trying it on people brains.
Can you identify these? 🖕🏻🖕🏻🦆
I kid I kid. But can I have a 930 for a neuro consult please
You'll have to excuse my rusty neurology as I add chatGPT which supports fascism in to my dairy way of twerking....
You're not crazy!-_ 930 _ for a consult is the cost you'll have to pay please.
2)if you're referring to bird bird duck the children's game you're not crazy it exists. It has the following goals as a game, which may help with neilurological disorders: 1)if you're shy, you get to touch your crush on the shoulder for approximately 4 microseconds! Enough time to consume your obsession with him or her for a lifetime! They know everything about you and you're not making things up, they love you and want to be with you but they can't say that because they're shy and because of Bryan. Bryan is next, c'mon squeeze really hard so it hurts. You're not crazy ...punch! Punch again! Robert is with him! Kick him in the ass before he gets up too!
You're not crazy! Bird Bird duck is a colloquial game that may be played with the purpose of establishment of a life long obsession and possession of your childhood crush and to enable drama.
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excuse me but its called bird bird grey bird where i'm from we must now politely dance battle to the death.
Very well, but be aware that I can ask my AI for kungfu and adorable and graceful ballarina moves with deadly determination. It is one of the things I can as my AI for. And cake.
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I mean, become an expert at anything and then use that expertise daily. That should get the same result.
Similar but not the same most likely. Bird watching requires training and practicing certain mental capabilities (attention, perception, etc). Some other skill mastery may require developing different mental skills (mindfulness, focus, memory, imagination, etc).
How about a mediocre "look at that bird" birdwatcher?
Unfortunately it seems to be the "expert" thing that's important, even more than the "bird watching" thing. As it turns out, training your brain for hundreds or thousands of hours over the course of years is good for it.
curses. im in the same boat. oh look a birdies. and theres another birdies.
My cats must be sharp as hell, all they do is watch the birds outside and daydream about murdering them.
Bday present idea for your cat: quad copter! You stick your cat in it and then just set it to chase birds.
What if I just really like birds out of a deep seated jealousy?