CAREER COLUMN
07 June 2023

The surprising benefit of meditative walks

When astrobiologist Erin Gibbons is stuck on a problem, she sometimes finds it best to just walk away.

Erin Gibbons⁰

Erin Gibbons
1. Erin Gibbons is a PhD candidate at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, who specializes in astrobiology and is actively contributing to the search for extraterrestrial life on Mars.
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As a PhD candidate nearing my dissertation deadline, I am facing the challenge of trying to organize years of research into an elegantly structured narrative that is simultaneously comprehensive and concise. It’s like assembling a mosaic. Each piece, carefully crafted through months — or even years — of research must be fitted together with precision and purpose to create a meaningful whole. It is rewarding, frustrating, exhilarating and humbling, all at once.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01894-1

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