Interior Plants May Improve Worker Productivity and Reduce Stress in a Windowless Environment
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- Virginia I. Lohr
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
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- Caroline H. Pearson-Mims
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
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- Georgia K. Goodwin
- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-6414
書誌事項
- 公開日
- 1996-06
- DOI
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- 10.24266/0738-2898-14.2.97
- 公開者
- Horticultural Research Institute
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説明
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This study documents some of the benefits of adding plants to a windowless work place—a college computer lab. Participants' blood pressure and emotions were monitored while completing a simple, timed computer task in the presence or absence of plants. When plants were added to this interior space, the participants were more productive (12% quicker reaction time on the computer task) and less stressed (systolic blood pressure readings lowered by one to four units). Immediately after completing the task, participants in the room with plants present reported feeling more attentive (an increase of 0.5 on a self-reported scale from one to five) than people in the room with no plants.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of Environmental Horticulture
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Journal of Environmental Horticulture 14 (2), 97-100, 1996-06
Horticultural Research Institute