You might have heard the age-old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", but a new study shows that taking and sharing a photo a day might also bring some health benefits(好处).
The study is carried out by UK scientists from Lancaster University and the University of Sheffield. The results show that people who take part in "a-photo-a-day" activity feel 1 in their well—being.
A group of people —aged between twenty and sixty— took part in the 2. The scientists took notes of those people's photos, their words under the photos, and the online talks they had with other photo lovers every day. The last part of the study was a phone talk. Each person talk about their stories 3 being part of the study.
These practices 4 a simple way of making a good change and getting into the habit of doing something new. Just as one said, "It's really good to take that five minutes every day to do something 5 and different. It gives me something to look for and I 6 doing so." The scientists say this activity has the same results to other daily practices such as running and drawing.
On the social side, people keep in touch with family and friends 7 they talk about the photos. Taking a photo also leads to other activities, such as walking and looking, which make people go out of the houses sometimes and think about life and the world. "I do not feel 8 any more when taking photos," another person said.