ENGLISH IMMERSION
TRIPS
Destinations
ENJOY CALIFORNIA! SAN FRANCISCO + NAPA VALLEY
EXPLORE NEW YORK! TIMES SQUARE + CENTRAL PARK AND MORE.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
NEW YORK, USA
NAPLES + MARCO ISLAND, FL
Weeki Wachee, FL
NAPLES, FL
ORLANDO, FL
Memory Formation
Psychologists hypothesize that we lock in that memory by linking it to a where, that integrating many stimuli together helps us remember something particularly important. They call this process episodic memory formation: the locking of ideas and objects to a single place and time, to forming associations between different stimuli.
Source: The Atlantic
Travel can rewire your brain 🧠
Scientists used to believe that the brain was only changeable during childhood, but now widely accept that neuroplasticity — the ability of the brain to change — is present throughout your life.
Want to maximize your brain's neuroplasticity?
A change of scenery wakes up your brain and takes it off autopilot. You have to think about small things when you're in an unfamiliar place, which is entirely the point. Learn a few words of a different language, take a walking tour, or even something as simple as trying a new food can get those neurons firing.
Source: Forbes
New York
New York, NY
San Francisco
CA, USA
Asheville
NC, USA
Napa Valley
CA, USA
Travel Make Us Happy
In the past decade or so, researchers have learned a lot about why travel makes us happy. Psychologists who study the economics of happiness call it the Easterlin paradox: Money can lead to happiness, but only up to a point — and then we adapt. A 20-year study by Dr. Thomas Gilovich, a Cornell University psychology professor, asked participants to self-report their happiness after making any major material and experiential purchases. At first, the participants ranked their happiness with both kinds of purchases about the same. But over time, their satisfaction with material things went down, and their satisfaction increased with experiences they had spent money on.
Source: Forbes