{"id":13397,"date":"2022-09-12T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/?p=13397"},"modified":"2022-09-12T12:43:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:43:50","slug":"study-links-childrens-time-outdoors-to-higher-creativity-stronger-connection-to-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/12\/study-links-childrens-time-outdoors-to-higher-creativity-stronger-connection-to-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Study links children\u2019s time outdoors to higher\u00a0creativity, stronger connection to nature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nature&#039;s benefits to children\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mKDkfDcx6Ec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Children in the U.S. spend between 5-7 hours a day looking at screens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a first-of-its kind <a href=\"http:\/\/tx.ag\/LiStudy\">study<\/a>, Dongying Li, assistant professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/laup\/\">landscape architecture<\/a>, led a group of researchers who found that higher levels of nature result in a stronger connection to nature, higher creativity, and enhanced sensory sensitivity such as sight, hearing, and touch, when they become adults.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study was supported in part by the Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Li\u2019s research collaborators were Yujia Zhai of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University; Po-Ju Chang, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, National Taiwan University; Jeremy Merrill, Department of Landscape Architecture, Ball State University; Matthew H.E. 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