Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Harnessing Plant Power
The power of workplace plants, both those growing in pots and in pictures and art, has been clear for a long time. They do all sorts of positive things for our mental state, helping us feel less tense, for instance. They also make it likely that we feel mentally refreshed after we’ve tired out our brains concentrating; they boost our professional performance generally and our creativity particularly. Studies continue to investigate the effects of nature, in images and in real life, on what goes on in our heads. Research recently released confirms that seeing close up images of a daisy-like blossom reduces negative emotions after stressful situations and speeds recovering from stress, just like looking at at-work plants. This finding was expected, in part, because the curving shapes of leaves and the not very saturated but relatively light colors of many flower petals have been tied to feeling comfortable and …
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