Research Design Connection: More on Plants, Nature, Green and Creativity

by Sally Augustin, Ph.D. | February 22nd, 2016

Studente, Seppala and Sadowska studied how seeing live plants, nature and the color green influences creative thinking. In their experiment, “Three groups [of participants] were used; one group in a classroom surrounded by plants and view to natural settings [creativity task presented on white paper], one with no views to nature but who completed the task on green paper, the third, with no plants present and no views to nature [creativity task on white paper]. Findings indicate visual creativity is increased by exposure to natural views, plants and the colour green.” Business students at a British university participated in this study and the number of plants that “surrounded” them was not provided. Syvie Studente, Nina Seppala and Noemi Sadowska. 2016. “Facilitating Creative Thinking in the Classroom: Investigating the Effects of Plants and the Colour Green on Visual and Verbal Creativity.” Thinking Skills and Creativity, vol. 19, pp. 1-8. Sally Augustin, …