• DOI:10.1177/0146167212436611
Corpus ID: 13101980

Fertile Green

@article{Lichtenfeld2012FertileG,
  title={Fertile Green},
  author={Stephanie Lichtenfeld and A. Elliot and Markus A. Maier and R. Pekrun},
  journal={Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin},
  year={2012},
  volume={38},
  pages={784 - 797}
}

• Stephanie Lichtenfeld, A. Elliot, +1 author R. Pekrun
• Published 2012
• Psychology, Medicine
• Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

The present research sought to extend the nascent literature on color and psychological functioning by examining whether perception of the color green facilitates creativity. In four experiments, we demonstrated that a brief glimpse of green prior to a creativity task enhances creative performance. This green effect was observed using both achromatic (white, gray) and chromatic (red, blue) contrast colors that were carefully matched on nonhue properties, and using both picture-based and word… Expand

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