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research by psychologist Peter Kahn Jr. of the University of Washington, which I came across while writing about the psychological benefits of exposure to nature.

In a study published in 2008 (pdf), Kahn and colleagues observed three groups of workers: Some sat near a glass window overlooking a natural environment; others sat near a television screen that displayed a similar view; a third group sat beside an empty wall. Kahn and company found that people in the first group, near the window, recovered from stress more quickly than those in the other groups. The more intriguing finding is that the researchers recorded no difference in the stress responses of people who watched nature on the screen and those who stared all day at the blank wall:

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