Nature & Performance

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of studies on the impact on learning of time spent in nature.  Learning and memory are important to performance at work.

When learners, both children and adults, spent time in green spaces (urban parks or wild spaces) or blue spaces (near bodies of water), the results demonstrated the following benefits:

• Improved mental fatigue (including enjoying a view of greenery out a window),

• Reduced stress (including views of vegetation outside a window),

• Increased self-discipline,

• Improved mood, motivation, and engagement, and

• Enhanced physical fitness, and strong cardiovascular fitness is related to improved academic performance.

Takeaway:  Exposure to nature reduces stress, and improves mood, mental fatigue, motivation, self-discipline, and engagement.  Enhanced cardiovascular health is likely to improve performance.  Spend time outside, take regular walks, and try to work by a window with a view.

Well-being is a journey, not a quick fix.

Source

Ming Kuo, Michael Barnes, and Catherine Jordan, Do Experiences with Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship, Vol. 10 Frontiers in Psychology Art. 305, Feb. 19, 2019, Frontiers | Do Experiences With Nature Promote Learning? Converging Evidence of a Cause-and-Effect Relationship (frontiersin.org).

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