Photo: tassiesim (flickr) Which environment do you think you
would have an easier time reading or studying in: a traditional
classroom, a bench on a city street, or a wooded and peaceful
backyard? If you said the wooded and peaceful backyard, then it
may not surprise you that several studies suggest that nature
may improve the attention spans of kids with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder. Kids with ADHD have difficulty focusing
their attention on the task at hand. They’re often distracted by
other things going on in their environment, whether it’s another
kid or the objects in their desks or cars driving down the road
outside the window. Researchers asked parents of kids with ADHD
to fill out a questionnaire about how their kids perform in
various extracurricular activities in different settings. The
settings included an indoor playroom, a city playground, and a
leafy backyard. The parents reported that their kids paid better
attention when in green, natural settings than in other
environments. That d