From: The Washington Post
A Psychologist Says This Exercise Can Make You More Hopeful In 14 Days
February 23, 2026
STANARDSVILLE, Va. — For much of my life, winter was something to be endured. Preferably, indoors.
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Another surprise finding: The emotional benefits are just as powerful in winter as in the rest of the year. That was the same conclusion reached by University of Chicago neuroscientist Marc Berman, author of the 2025 book “Nature and the Mind.” He measured the benefits of a 50-minute walk in the Ann Arbor arboretum and discovered that those who walked in January experienced the same benefit as those who walked in June.
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