Restorative Elements at the Computer Workstation: A Comparison of Live Plants and Inanimate Objects With and Without Window View
Evensen, Katinka ; Raanaas, Ruth K. ; Hägerhäll, Caroline ; Johansson, Maria LU
and Patil, Grete G
(2015)
In Environment and Behavior
47(3).
p.288-303
- Abstract
- The objective of the study was to test whether live plants on computer workstations with and without window view had restorative effects. Guided by Stress Recovery Theory and Attention Restoration Theory a mixed randomized experiment was conducted exploring restorative effects of plants, including mediating effects of perceived fascination. Eighty-five participants carried out a 1-hr work session with repeated tasks demanding directed attention in an office with one of three interior conditions: live plants, inanimate objects and control, all with and without a window view. Plant presence led to greater perceived fascination, but perceived fascination was not related to either self-reported restoration or directed attention capacity. The... (More)
- The objective of the study was to test whether live plants on computer workstations with and without window view had restorative effects. Guided by Stress Recovery Theory and Attention Restoration Theory a mixed randomized experiment was conducted exploring restorative effects of plants, including mediating effects of perceived fascination. Eighty-five participants carried out a 1-hr work session with repeated tasks demanding directed attention in an office with one of three interior conditions: live plants, inanimate objects and control, all with and without a window view. Plant presence led to greater perceived fascination, but perceived fascination was not related to either self-reported restoration or directed attention capacity. The presence of plants during work did not have superior restorative effects compared with inanimate objects, neither with nor without access to a window view. However, environmental enrichment with either plants or inanimate objects at the computer workstation seemed to provide a restorative potential, which should be investigated further. (Less)
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- author
- Evensen, Katinka
; Raanaas, Ruth K.
; Hägerhäll, Caroline
; Johansson, Maria
LU
and Patil, Grete G
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- indoor plants, mental fatigue, office design, natural elements, people−plant interactions
- in
- Environment and Behavior
- volume
- 47
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 288 - 303
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
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- wos:000350557900003
- scopus:84924910273
- ISSN
- 1552-390X
- DOI
- 10.1177/0013916513499584
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- Published online 22 August 2013 The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Environmental Psychology (011036009)
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