According To Experts, Children Who Often Play For Nature Potential Grows Smart

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JAKARTA - There are so many things you can do when playing in nature. Apparently, apart from being fun, playing in nature can also educate your child's brain. Professor Jaak Panksepp, a neurologist from Washington State University, USA, says that playing in an open environment can improve the development of children's brains.

Panksepp introduces the terms play system and the screening system in the brain's limbic system which he thinks is actively working when children are in an open environment. Play systems and seeking systems can be trained by exploring and learning interactively.

The play system will be trained when you let your child bury his feet in the sand, take them for a bath, or tick them with tree branches. That is, you are giving your stimulus to your sensory.

While the screening system will be trained every time you invite your children to explore forests, beaches, villages, or old cities. These two systems will be easy to become untrained if the children just stay at home.

According to Panksepp, when you take your kids on vacation in nature, the play &king system will be well trained. As a result, the brain will experience growth and maturation in the front floor, the most important part of the brain in cognitive functions and social intelligence.

Not only that, exploring nature can also increase the IQ of children. A psychotherapist child in London, Dr. Margot Sunderland says that the natural environment offers a variety of social, physical, cognition, and sensory experiences. He says children's brains that are usually stimulated by nature tend to have a higher IQ.

Margot explained that when a child explores nature, he will activate the brain to concentrate more, make plans, and improve the ability to understand. That way, being in nature can be a positive capital for children's learning.