So That Explains It

Fascinating article by Jonah Lehrer on how your mind responds to travel.

"When we escape from the place we spend most of our time, the mind is suddenly made aware of all those errant ideas we'd previously suppressed. We start thinking about obscure possibilities that never would have occurred to us if we'd stayed back on the farm."

Read the full article here.

http://scienceblogs.com/cortex/2009/12/why_we_travel.php