Vegetable garden in the office. Personalizing your workplace can help you better cope with the day's commitments. A personal touch on the desk is enough to feel at home even in the office. But there is more. Those who decide to enrich their workstation with a potted plant will work better. A single jar of aromatic herbs or succulent plants is enough to purify the air, make the environment more pleasant and increase one's productivity.
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Personalize your own place of work it can help you better face the day's commitments. Just a personal touch on the desk to feel at home even in office. But there is more. Those who decide to enrich their workstation with one seedling in pot it will work better. Only one jar of heritage aromaticand, or of succulents, for purify the air, make the environment more pleasant and increase your own productivity.
According to two recent studies, a seedling or a vase of flowers on the desk improve the cognitive skills of workers. Our brains spend a great deal of energy on the tasks they require caution e concentration direct. Sleep and rest help us to recover, but during work we can regain our attention capacity by orienting our mind towards a satisfying distraction.
Help in this case comes from nature and plants. L'positive impact the presence of potted seedlings on the desk was judged to be considerable. All thanks to the possibility offered to our mind of interact with nature. Plants placed on the desk improve concentration and attention. Taking care of a seedling for a few minutes is a relief for the brain, who then finds himself ready to face the new tasks.
In first study Participants were asked to take a reading-based test while seated at a simple wooden desk. A second group had taken the test in an office full of plants and flowers, and had obtained the best results. The study was published by the Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Il second study reached similar conclusions. The participants who took the tests proposed by the experts sitting at a desk enriched with plants and flowers showed an improvement in attention span. If there was one next to the desk window with panoramic view, the results were even more satisfying. The study was published in the scientific journal Environment & Behavior.
Ruth K. Raanaas, of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, who collaborated on both studies, said that placing plants and flowers on the desk can represent one low-cost strategy to improve the quality of life and the ability of workers to concentrate. The second study highlights the positive effects on the brain of contact with nature. For example, one walk to the park during the lunch break it helps to resume work with greater motivation. Now you just have to embellish your desk with a potted plant. You will immediately feel better.
Marta Albè
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