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May I ask what the “plant study” you are referring to is?

• nelaboras 6y ago
  Sorry for not being more clear, I meant Langer's classic study. A critical/write-up here: https://www.coyneoftherealm.com/2014/11/05/re-examining-ellen-langers-classic-study-giving-plants-nursing-home-residents/ https://www.coyneoftherealm.com/2014/11/05/re-examining-elle... Langer gave houseplants to two groups of nursing-home residents. She told one group that they were responsible for keeping the plant alive and that they could also make choices about their schedules during the day. She told the other group that the staff would care for the plants, and they were not given any choice in their schedules. Eighteen months later, twice as many subjects in the plant-caring, decision-making group were still alive than in the control group. To Langer, this was evidence that the biomedical model of the day — that the mind and the body are on separate tracks — was wrongheaded.