I...I have no words Non-randomized, n=63, Control: staring at desk Active intervention: caring for plant Outcome: tiny difference in proxy of mental health Headlines:pic.twitter.com/oWUH77FvMu
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Any researcher anywhere knows that this is almost certainly a meaningless study It's probably just regression to the mean (i.e. people improving just by random variation) And yet, the news is completely uncritical of this fact
As others are pointing out, there are lots more problems with this study TL:DR desk plants probably don't do very much for your anxiety
P.s. for all those asking, this particular study was funded by Mitsubishi, who as far as I know don't make houseplantspic.twitter.com/HXHhHmIxb6
Blog now out on this:https://medium.com/@gidmk/desk-plants-wont-cure-your-work-anxiety-fdf1aa4e1b1d …
I think the best bit is the image the press release chose to include is of possibly the most terminally depressed and sickly desk plant I have ever seen.
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