Ambient Green and Creativity
Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Markus Maier, Vanessa Buechner and Andrew Elliot compared ambient green with red on a workspace wall in a methodologically sound experiment and found no influence on creativity. They caution that null results need careful interpretation and warn against real-world recommendations before a firm empirical base exists.
Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Markus Maier, Vanessa Buechner and Andrew Elliot compared ambient green with red on a workspace wall in a methodologically sound experiment and found no influence on creativity. They caution that null results need careful interpretation and warn against real-world recommendations before a firm empirical base exists.
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Lichtenfeld, S., Maier, M. A., Buechner, V. L., & Elliot, A. J. (2018). “Ambient Green and Creativity.” Creativity Research Journal, 30(3). doi:10.1080/10400419.2018.1488197 https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1488197