Plants improve quality of life

A study by Texas A&M found that interaction with plants and green spaces had demonstrated benefits across six quality of life constructs.

The paper gathers research on an even broader array of benefits, including:

• Reduced anxiety and stress
• Attention deficit recovery
• Fractals and visual response
• Decreased depression
• Enhanced memory retention
• Greater happiness and life satisfaction
• Mitigation of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Increased creativity
• Enhanced productivity and attention
• Reduced effects of dementia
• Improved self-esteem

One of the undelying focsuses of the paper is how green space can be incorporated into architecture and ubran design in order to promote quality of life.

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