2024 Yes Green Breaks: The Restorative Effect of the School Environment’s Green Areas on Children’s Cognitive Performance https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01579 Amicone, Giulia Europe Experimental Students Elementary (K-5) Green space Cognitive Function Attention restoration Nature School children green areas Field experiments in Italian elementary schools tested whether recess in green vs. built environments improved attention and perceived restoration. Green breaks led to significant improvements in sustained/selective attention and higher perceived restorativeness. Implications for schoolyard design. 2018