By Janice Wood, PsychCentral, January 6, 2020
The mere sight of an indoor plant can reduce stress in office workers, according to a new study.
While it has been assumed that plant life is soothing to those required to regularly face stressful or mundane situations, the new study “scientifically verifies” the degree of psychological and physiological impact induced by indoor plants, the researchers noted.
Researchers Masahiro Toyoda, Yuko Yokota, Marni Barnes, and Midori Kaneko at the University of Hyogo in Awaji, Japan, explored the practical use of indoor plants to boost mental health among employees typically removed from exposure to healthy green environments. Rather than conducting experiments in a laboratory setting, the researchers calculated stress reduction on employees in real office settings.
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