Add trees and sky for Creativity

Sharam, Mayer, and Baumann determined that a “nature-view condition [ability to see trees and blue sky] had a significant positive effect on creative fluency (i.e. quantity of output) but not on the quality of creative responses. . . . nature-views significantly enhanced positive affect [mood] and reduced negative affect.  . . . These results indicate that affect, and specific cognitive processes, are restored [refreshed] by incorporating biophilic elements into architectural design. . . . Our findings, in concert with earlier…

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