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Robert Frost famously wrote: "The woods are lovely, dark and deep."
羅伯特·弗羅斯特有句名言：“樹林可人，幽暗而深邃。”
But such natural settings may offer more than just beauty. They might also foster creativity. A recent study suggests that a backpacking trip can substantially increase just how inventive your brain can be. The finding is in the journal PLoS ONE.
然而這種自然情境不僅僅給人以美麗，還能激發創造力。一項研究證明，一次背包旅行能大幅提高大腦的創作才能。這個研究成果發表在《公共科學圖書館·綜合》雜志上。
Researchers sent 56 subjects out on four-to-six day wilderness hiking trips without access to electronic devices—no cell phones, no iPads, no game boys, nothing.
研究人員派遣56名受試者前往荒野徒步旅行，為期4至6天，并且要求不帶任何電子設備——包括手機、ipad、游戲機等等。
Upon their return, the hikers took tests designed to measure creativity. A control group that hadn't been in the woods scored a 4.14 out of 10 on the test. But the woods wanderers scored a 6.08.
徒步旅行者們一回來就進行專門用來測試創造力的考試。結果沒有去森林旅行的對照組得分為4.4分，其中總分為10分。然而，叢林徒步旅行組則得到6.08分。
Previous studies have shown that down time in general makes people more creative. The researchers thus say that this creativity boost is probably due to not just nature, but to taking a break from the stresses of work and technology.
既往研究表明：通常情況下休息讓人更具創造性。因此研究人員認為創造力并非只由自然景物激發而來，而且因為休息能讓人從緊張的工作壓力中解脫出來。
So the next time you get stuck on a tough problem, or can't seem to concentrate—try a walk in the woods. It could help your creative promise.
所以，下次你碰上一個棘手的問題，或者不能集中注意力的時候，試著去林子里走走。這樣對你的創造力會有所幫助。
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