Who doesn’t love a good vacation? Trips are fun, they give us a break from work, and they expose us to a variety of new experiences. According to experts, however, they can also help us to feel younger and sexier, and even make us more creative, reports Lonely Planet.
As we grow older, our sense of time becomes compressed. Vacations, especially those to unfamiliar and exotic locales, help stretch out time for adults, making even a short holiday feel much longer – and putting us back into a more youthful mindset, notes David Eagleman, who studies time compression at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Travel can also broaden the mind, helping us to think beyond our preconceived notions – if we’re open to it, explains social psychologist William Maddux: "It all depends on someone’s mindset when traveling. Are they really open to it? If not, and all they do is sit and watch TV, it probably won’t make them more creative…"
Not to mention that the combination of a great tan and fascinating stories makes returning vacationers seem sexier to those who stayed home.