Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Soundscaping with Nature Sounds
Soundscaping offices with nature sounds is getting more and more support from high-quality research studies published in respected journals. It may sound a little hokey to add a background soundtrack to workplaces that features softly rustling leaves or gently moving water, for instance, but studies whose findings indicate that doing just that is a good idea are plentiful. Why go to the effort of adding nature sounds? Hearing nature soundtracks has been found to enhance the sort of cognitive performance that’s key to employees working to their full potential. Nature sounds have been found to boost perceptions of wellbeing and cut stress. They also seem to support cognitive restoration after mentally draining work. The sorts of sounds to add to a workplace are basically the sorts you might encounter beside a babbling brook moving through a meadow in a temperate zone on a pleasant spring afternoon. That means, for example, …
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