Fertile Green: Green Facilitates Creative Performance
Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Andrew Elliot, Markus Maier and Reinhard Pekrun report four experiments in which a brief glimpse of green before a creativity task improved creative performance. The effect appeared against both achromatic and chromatic contrast colours matched on non-hue properties and with picture-based and word-based assessments. Participants were unaware of the study's purpose and no effects were found on self-reported mood or positive activation.
Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Andrew Elliot, Markus Maier and Reinhard Pekrun report four experiments in which a brief glimpse of green before a creativity task improved creative performance. The effect appeared against both achromatic and chromatic contrast colours matched on non-hue properties and with picture-based and word-based assessments. Participants were unaware of the study's purpose and no effects were found on self-reported mood or positive activation.
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Lichtenfeld, S., Elliot, A. J., Maier, M. A., & Pekrun, R. (2012). Fertile Green: Green Facilitates Creative Performance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38(6). doi:10.1177/0146167212436611 https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167212436611